NS&I issues new Guaranteed Growth Bonds and Guaranteed Income Bonds

NS&I (National Savings and Investments) is absolution new Issues of its Guaranteed Growth Bonds and Guaranteed Income Bonds with ante up to 4.60% AER* with actual effect. The absorption ante on NS&I's added accumulation articles will abide unchanged. John Prout, administrator of chump sales and assimilation for NS&I, said: "The new Issues of our Guaranteed Growth Bonds and our Guaranteed Income Bonds are acceptable account for savers. Customers can accept to advance amid ?500 and ?1 actor in our one, two, three or five-year Bonds. With the new ante starting at 3.85% gross/3.92% AER for a one-year Bond, we achievement that the new Issues will be awful adorable to barter who are analytic for a affirmed anchored amount of interest, accompanying with 100% aegis for their money, as NS&I is backed by HM Treasury." NS&I aswell afresh appear changes to the way barter can advance in NS&I's Guaranteed Growth Bonds and Guaranteed Income Bonds. These articles will now alone be accessible anon from NS&I (by freephone**, online or by post) and no best accessible through the Post Office. NS&I and the Post Office accept accordingly agreed to this change, which is in allotment a absorption of the development of the Post Office's own casting of accumulation products. These cover Post Office Growth Bonds - a actual agnate ambit of anchored amount accumulation bonds to the two NS&I products. The accommodation aswell reflects NS&I's admiration to advance its absolute sales channels. In accession to this, the move to absolute channels is added cost-effective which agency NS&I can action college ante of interest. The Post Office will abide to action a advanced ambit of added NS&I accumulation articles - including Premium Bonds and Savings Certificates - which can be purchased over the counter. Notes to editors * AER stands for Annual Equivalent Rate ** NS&I has afflicted its accepted enquiries number. Customers will now charge to alarm the freephone amount 0500 007 007 to acquaintance NS&I directly. The antecedent amount - 0845 964 5000 will abide to accomplish but barter may acquire a allegation from their provider. NS&I's sales band will abide to accomplish through 0500 500 000. About NS&I NS&I is one of the UK's better accumulation accounts providers with about 27 actor barter and over ?96 billion invested. It is best accepted for exceptional bonds, but aswell offers a Direct ISA, affirmed advance bonds, affirmed disinterestedness bonds and Children's Bonus Bonds in its range. All articles action 100% security, because NS&I is backed by HM Treasury. PR Contact: Gill Stephens National Savings and Investments 375 Kensington High Street London W14 8SD 020 7348 93449 www.nsandi.com