Savings Accounts

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Company Rate Bonus AER Min Notes
Post Office1.65%1.36%3.01%£1m Bonus for 12 months
ING Direct0.5%2.50%3.00%£1 Fixed APR for 12 months. New cust only
The AA0.5%2.30%2.80%£1 Interest must be paid into another account. Bonus 12 months
Santander0.5%2.25%2.75%£1 Phone & branch. Bonus 12 months
Alliance & Leicester0.5%2.25%2.75%£1 Bonus for 12 months
Saga1.75%1.00%2.75%£1 Age 50 and over. Bonus for 12 months
Derbyshire BS1.4%1.25%2.65%£5k Bonus for 12 months, Only 2 withdrawals per year!
Bank of Scotland2.6%0.00%2.60%£1 Only 1 free withdrawal per year
Birmingham & Midshires0.5%2.10%2.60%£1 12 mnth bonus. Replaced Tel Extra-2 Sep/Oct 2010
Chelsea Building Society2.6%0.00%2.60%£1 Withdrawals only free in April. Other months lose interest
Sainsbury0.5%2.10%2.60%£1 12 month bonus. 5 withdrawals per year
Scottish Widows1.91%0.69%2.60%£1 12 mnth bonus. Redyced frin 2.7 on 27/9/10
Tesco1.25%1.35%2.60%£1 Bonus for 12 months
West Bromwich BS2.51%0.00%2.51%£1k Only 1 free withdrawal per year
Halifax2.5%0.00%2.50%£1 Only 1 free withdrawal per year
LloydsTSB1%1.50%2.50%£10k Bonus for 12 months
Barnsley Building Society2.5%0.00%2.50%£1
Citibank (Egg)0.5%2.00%2.50%£1 Bonus for 12 months.
Intelligent Finance2.49%0.00%2.49%£1
Principality BS1.65%0.75%2.40%£1 Bonus for 12 months
Market Harborough BS2.35%0.00%2.35%£1 For age 60 and above only
Melton Mowbray BS2.27%0.00%2.27%£1k
AKBank2.25%0.00%2.25%£1 Phone only
Saffrron Building Society2.25%0.00%2.25%£100 Replaces issue 2 and reduces rate from 2.65 16/9/10
Market Harborough BS2.2%0.00%2.20%£1
Yorkshire BS2.1%0.00%2.10%£1
State Bank of India2%0.00%2.00%£500
Skipton Building Society2%0.00%2.00%£50 Rate guarantee at least 1.5% until 31/12/11
Newcastle BS1.84%0.00%1.84%£250
Birmingham & Midshires1.84%0.00%1.84%£1
Birmingham & Midshires1.75%0.00%1.75%£1
Northern Rock1.75%0.00%1.75%£1
Anglo Irish Bank1.75%0.00%1.75%£500 Not open to new customers
Anglo Irish Bank1.6%0.00%1.60%£1
Ulster Bank1.24%0.00%1.24%£10k Lose interest in withdrawal month. 2.48% from 15/10/10
NatWest1%0.00%1.00%£1 New acocunt Sept 2010

What about cash mini-ISAs?

A cash mini-ISA is a special savings account in which the Government allows you to save up to £3600 per annum without paying tax on the interest earned. This means that a Stoozer could use it for the first £3600 of their Stooz money in any one year, thus earning interest without tax.

However, once you have paid £3600 into the account, you can not pay any more into the account in the same tax year ... even if you have withdrawn the original money paid in, so only use an ISA for your Stooz Pot if you are not already planning to use one for your normal savings. Besides, most Stoozers would hope to be able to build a stooz pot well in excess of £3600! ISAs sometimes have interest rates a little higher than normal savings accounts, but we have excluded them from our tables because of the low maximum investment.

If you think that we have missed any useful stoozing accounts, why not tell us in the forums. Click HERE For details on the current Bank of England Base Rates