14th February 2019
With the end of the tax year fast approaching, James spoke to The Daily Mail’s George Nixon about the four types of saver who can still benefit from saving in a Cash ISA
In The News
January 2019
In his January column for Around Town Magazines, James gives his six savings tips to maximise your savings in 2019 (p.22 – 23)
https://issuu.com/aroundtownmagazines/docs/issuu_4ecf45fe97fe50
October 2018
In his October column for Around Town Magazines, James looks at why interest rates on savings are on the rise, the impact of Marcus and Islamic Banks (p.30 – 31)
https://issuu.com/aroundtownmagazines/docs/issuu_cc0be886dbaba7
February 2019
In his February column for Around Town Magazines, James covers Family Building Society knocking Marcus off the top spot of the Easy Access best buy tables, increases in Fixed Rate Bonds and the best switching offers for current accounts (p.22 – 23)
https://issuu.com/aroundtownmagazines/docs/issuu_90afe39f868da0
28th December 2018
James gave his predictions and tips for savers in 2019 to The Daily Mail's Lee Boyce, as well as reviewing how his forecasts for 2018 turned out
4th October 2018
With German mobile bank, N26, launching in the UK, James Blower spoke to The Daily Mail’s Lee Boyce, about whether it will be a hit here
29th January 2019
With Family Building Society launching a new best buy easy access savings account, toppling long term leader Marcus, James gives his view on the account to This Is Money’s George Nixon
December 2018
In his December column for Around Town Magazines, James looks at what is driving interest rates higher on easy access savings and the best options for families looking to gift money to children for Christmas (p.22 – 23)
https://issuu.com/aroundtownmagazines/docs/issuu_9cd9da8efe10b7
September 2018
In his September column for Around Town Magazines, James looked at what the base rate increase, one month on, and what it had done for savers. He also covered some of the new banks coming to market. (p.6 – 7)
https://issuu.com/aroundtownmagazines/docs/issuu_defb44b1f87528
25th January 2019
James joins the This Is Money team to talk all things savings in their latest podcast. Everything you need to know about savings and why you should ditch the big banks!
November 2018
In his November column for Around Town Magazines, James looks at what the Autumn Budget means for savers and the best paying easy access savings account since 2015 (p.20 – 21)
https://issuu.com/aroundtownmagazines/docs/issuu_681047c8d67372
21st September 2018
With Goldman Sachs expected to announce the launch of their new UK savings bank, Marcus, next week, James Blower spoke to the BBC’s Simon Read about what impact they are likely to have in the savings market and whether their arrival is good news for savers