Now that’s a lockdown investment! Saver scoops £1m Premium Bond jackpot with May purchase as £4.5bn worth are snapped up in three months The Tyne and Wear saver secured a 4,900% return on a £20,000 punt in May It was the first draw their investment was eligible to win prizes in Figures from NS&I suggest … Read more
Not a bad coronavirus punt: Saver grabs a 7,000% return after scooping £1m Premium Bonds jackpot from a February 2020 investment A Stoke-on-Trent saver turned a £14,000 investment into the £1m jackpot The visit from Agent Million means they secured a 7,042% return Over the same period putting the money in UK stocks could have … Read more
My dad has died, and I have two very old £1 Premium Bonds, which I think are about 50 years old. Some newer ones have been transferred into my name but I’m not too sure about the two older ones, which have my signature on the back too. I now live in South Africa and … Read more
The DVLA has earned £3million over four years by charging callers to use controversial premium rate phone lines Income is generated from premium-rate lines that cost 51p per minute to call They are more than three times the 16p per minute standard 01 and 02 numbers The income is proving ‘a nice little earner’ for … Read more
NS&I axes planned brutal rate cuts for Premium Bonds and other easy-access savings accounts – but fixed-rates will still plummet More than 21m people hold Premium Bonds which were due to be less generous The odds on a £1 Bond winning a prize were due to lengthen to 26,000 to 1 The number of winners … Read more
Tea and crumpets. Cricket. Constantly talking about the weather. Premium Bonds. All of these are unequivocally British and the last has captured the imagination like no other financial product since launching in the 1950s. When I interviewed Agent Million some seven years ago – the person whose job it is to deliver £1million jackpot news … Read more
Virus stops Agent Million knocking: Top Premium Bond winners not being visited in person for first time in 26 tears By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 7 April 2020 Premium Bond jackpot winners this month were not visited in person by an Agent … Read more
How did Agent Million deliver the jackpot news to April’s Premium Bond winners during coronavirus? NS&I confirms ‘secret plan’ Every month, two Premium Bond holders win £1m They are given the good news in person by an Agent Million We asked NS&I whether it was still visiting people in person to let them know It … Read more
On September 5, I tried to buy Premium Bonds for my new granddaughter. I went online, filled out the forms and paid by debit card. I was then asked to upload documents relating to the child’s birth, which obviously I did not have. My son and his wife, who have the documents, both live an … Read more
Is this Emirates’ first ever premium economy seat? Firm behind newly unveiled design says the customer is a ‘Middle Eastern-based airline’ The Eclipse seat has been showcased at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg The seat is described as being a seat suitable for ‘long-haul premium economy’ Emirates is to launch a premium economy cabin on … Read more