25th February 2021
This Is Money spoke to a panel of experts - former pensions minister Baroness Altmann, AJ Bell CEO Andy Bell and Savings Guru Founder James Blower - about what reforms the Chancellor should make to ISAs in the forthcoming budget
In The News
24th February 2021
TSB Gold customers have been given two month's notice of the loss of free perks on their account. James shares his views on the new £15 per month charge with The Telegraph's Will Kirkman, and offers alternative accounts for TSB customers to consider
19th February 2021
Ahead of the budget, James shares his views on potential 'covid recovery bonds' being used to stimulate the economy
11th February 2021
As Oxbury Bank opens its doors to savers, James spoke to George Nixon about the importance of new banks to savers and the savings market
17th February 2021
Tandem Bank has launched a 'green' easy access saver paying 0.50% that goes straight to the top of our best busy. James spoke to The Telegraph's Will Kirkman about the account and why we are likely to see more cause based savings accounts in the future
30th January 2021
With JP Morgan confirming the launch of Chase in the UK, James spoke to This Is Money about what this means for the UK savings market
26th December 2020
2020 saw record levels of savings and interest rates hit all time lows for savers. James talks to This Is Money's George Nixon about what 2021 has in store for the savings market, gives his three forecasts for the market and reviews his 2020 predictions
26th November 2020
With Marcus announcing another cut to interest rates, James explains to This Is Money's George Nixon why NS&I rate cuts are still causing further falls in interest rates in the savings market
2nd November 2020
As NS&I publish it's Q2 results, showing it smashed its funding target, George Nixon looks at whether their rates could be cut further. James explains why the opposite may happen in 2021.
19th October 2020
With DF Capital and JN Bank entering the savings market, This Is Money examines the new entrants and James shares his views on them.
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-8839319/Best-savings-rates-JN-Bank-UK-DF-Capital-launch-good-deals.html
29th September 2020
In the aftermath of 11 savings rate cuts in 24 hours, James spoke to This Is Money's George Nixon about the reasons for the market movements.
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-8784383/Best-buy-savings-rates-starting-fall-NS-aftermath.html
UEA Stories: James Blower
James spoke to the University of East Anglia about his time at university and his subsequent career.
https://www.uea.ac.uk/stories/james-blower