http://www.isaguides.co.uk ISA guides - Your UK guide to ISA savings and investments Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:33:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Britons are more likely to save than ever before it has been revealed - leading analysts to believe that ISA sales are likely to pick up in the run up to the April 5th deadline for investment in the 2006/07 tax year. Legal and General's MoneyMood survey found that 64 per ... http://www.isaguides.co.uk/2007/03/27/britons-saving-more-than-ever/ ISA savers have been urged to take advantage of packaged ISA's. This new ISA concept offers investors an inflated interest rate so long as a current account is opened with the ISA provider at the same time as funds are invested into an ISA package. Meanwhile, deals are often supplemented with bonus ... http://www.isaguides.co.uk/2007/03/25/savers-urged-to-take-advantage-of-packaged-isas/ Chancellor  Gordon Brown  has announced that the allowance for cash individual savings accounts (ISA's) has been increased from £3,000 to £3,600. The move was confirmed in his Budget, and has been widely welcomed. However, it has been suggested that the measure is not radical enough, with the Building Societies Association (BSA) calling ... http://www.isaguides.co.uk/2007/03/23/cash-isa-upper-limit-increased/ Invesco Perpetual is urging investors to think seriously about their investment strategy for the new tax year, which starts on April 5th. Rick White, the marketing director of Invesco Perpetual, said that as the current tax year draws to a close, investors should be looking ahead with optimism - particularly with ... http://www.isaguides.co.uk/2007/03/21/time-for-serious-thinking-from-investors/ The Derbyshire currently offers three types of ISA's: the Derbyshire cash ISA; the 55 plus ISA; and the 2 year fixed rate cash ISA. All three are cash mini ISA's, which means the maximum investment in each tax year is £3,000. The deadline for investing in ISA's for the current ... http://www.isaguides.co.uk/2007/03/19/isa%e2%80%99s-at-the-derbyshire-building-society/ With less than three weeks to go before April 5th - the cut off point for investment in ISA's for the current tax year - Barclays has launched a new "no catches" ISA that it hopes will appeal to those investors who haven't yet used up their 2006/7 ISA allowance. The ... http://www.isaguides.co.uk/2007/03/19/barclays-launches-new-cash-isa/ Legal & General has announced that its UK Property Trust has had more than £100 million worth of funds invested in it since its launch on February 28th last year. The fund, which is managed by Michael Barrie, is available as an ISA investment, for ISA and Pep transfers and for ... http://www.isaguides.co.uk/2007/03/16/legal-general-point-isa-investors-towards-uk-property-trust-fund/ There are currently two types of ISA's available from Lloyds TSB: the mini cash ISA, and the fixed rate mini cash ISA. As both are cash mini ISA's, this means that only up to £3,000 can be invested in either account in any tax year. Lloyds TSB also provides a ... http://www.isaguides.co.uk/2007/03/16/isas-at-lloyds-tsb/ Parents have been encouraged to start saving for their pensions, with ISA's touted as the best place to hold their hard-earned cash. A study conducted by Yorkshire Bank ISA's and Investments has found one in four parents have not prepared adequately for retirement and admit they may be forced to ask ... http://www.isaguides.co.uk/2007/03/15/put-savings-in-isas-parents-told/ Investors who are planning to put their money into an ISA before the end of the current tax year should act sooner rather than later, one investment industry body has said. The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has warned that many ISA providers have actually imposed deadlines on investments before the ... http://www.isaguides.co.uk/2007/03/14/warning-over-isa-deadlines/