We’re all thinking about money more than usual these days. How to stretch what we have, and how to make the most of what we’ve managed to save.
If you’re lucky enough to have squirrelled away a rainy day fund, you may think the safest place for your pennies and pounds is in a savings account. And you’re not necessarily wrong: in February, the Bank of England raised the base interest rate to 4 per cent, so top-performing savings accounts are now offering the best returns that we’ve seen in a while — especially if you can lock in your cash for the long term.
