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In this month’s Around Town Magazine column, we look at how to improve your savings in 2018 (p.22-23)

https://issuu.com/Aroundtownmagazines/docs/billericay_issuu_f6351bc7b53833

James was the first guest on Phoenix FM in 2018!  He was talking to Naomi Sayers, on her FeelGood Saturday show, about all things savings and finance generally.  You can listen again to the show here:

http://www.phoenixfm.com/2018/01/06/get-the-tinsel-down/

James spoke to multi award winning journalist, Georgie Frost, for her This Is Money podcast with his predictions of what he expects to see in the savings market in 2018. You can listen to the show here (James is on from 11 minutes 30 seconds):

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/podcast/article-5239735/What-2018-mean-money-Money-podcast.html

What will happen to savings rates in 2018? The Daily Mail’s Consumer Affairs Editor, Lee Boyce, posed the question to James and he shared his thoughts for the year ahead and predictions on where interest rates will go:

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-5201625/Will-easy-access-fixed-savings-rates-improve-2018.html

In our Christmas Around Town Magazine column (p.32 – 33) we look at some risk free savings accounts with the potential for high rewards:

https://issuu.com/aroundtownmagazines/docs/billericay_issuu_dd6bd5ddeb11cb

This month’s column in Around Town Magazine (p.24-25) looks at how you can start saving if you don’t have any savings! There’s also another chance to win a £50 restaurant voucher too:

https://issuu.com/aroundtownmagazines/docs/billericay_issuu_0b006c8282c6c8

With a firm advertising 'Pensioner Bonds are back' we spoke to Lee Boyce at The Daily Mail on whether this was a return of the much loved NS&I Savings Bond from 2016

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-4987926/Are-Basset-Gold-Pensioner-Bonds-risk-free.html

Our monthly column in Around Town Magazine (p.40-41) looks at whether now is a good time to choose a fixed rate bond and also has a savings competition to win a £50 restaurant voucher!

https://issuu.com/aroundtownmagazines/docs/billericay_issuu_587d3bc4b9cffd 

We spoke to Rachel Kerrone from financial advice site, Parent Money, about the importance of saving.  Here’s what advice we had for parents:

http://www.parentmoney.com/save-save-save/

With Atom Bank launching four best buy savings accounts, we provide our thoughts on them to The Daily Mail’s Lee Boyce

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-4813118/Atom-launch-four-best-buy-fixed-rate-savings-deals.html?ref=theSavingsGuru

We are delighted to be writing the financial column for Around Town Magazines, which are delivered to over 50,000 households in Billericay, Rayleigh and Upminster.  You can read our debut column in the Billericay magazine here on page 38 - 39:

https://issuu.com/aroundtownmagazines/docs/billericay_issuu_ac2c34b35f8b7f