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I'LL HAVE A PINT WITH MY NATIONAL SAVINGS AND INVESTMENTS CASH MINI ISA PLEASE

22 March 2002

Using up your tax-free Individual Savings Account (ISA) allowance before 5 April needn't be a chore when you can pop into the Swan With Two Necks, in Pendleton, Lancashire to do it. While enjoying a pint of your favourite you can top up your National Savings and Investments cash mini ISA or open a new one and take advantage of the £3,000 tax-free allowance at any Post OfficeTM branch.

Savers and investors can also open up a new account (or use up their allowance by adding to an existing account) at the start of the tax year, 6 April, at over 17,500 Post OfficeÔ branches which include a number of pubs, shops, stationers, off-licences and a hairdresser.

The current interest on a National Savings and Investments cash mini ISA is a competitive 4.15% pa tax-free/AER (variable). Over £800 million has been invested since its launch in April 1999.

Wilma Patterson, National Savings and Investments Channel Manager for Post Office said:

"National Savings and Investments' partnership with the Post Office gives us a unique edge over our competition because of the added convenience we can offer. You can pick up a cash mini ISA while undertaking a number of everyday tasks. Who can else offer a service like that?"

Customers can also open or top up their National Savings and Investments cash mini ISA by post by filling in the form in the brochure available from any Post Office branch, downloading a form from www.nsandi.com and mailing it to the Durham office, or by telephoning 0500 500 000 at any time.

"Whether in shops, pubs, railway stations, vets and hairdressers, we aim to be the ultimate one-stop shop, making life easier for customers so they can do all their essential business face-to-face, in one place," said Michael Gibson, Client Director, Consignia plc.

National Savings and Investments recently unveiled a new name and corporate identity to reflect its business transformation programme which has taken place over the past three years. You can now buy the majority of products, including the cash mini ISA, over the telephone.

ENDS

Notes to editors

As well as Post Office branches, further information on National Savings and Investments' cash mini ISAs can be found by:-

Telephone

Customer enquiry line 0845 964 5000
Free phone purchase 0500 500 000
Lines open 24 hours a day seven days a week
(Calls charged at a local rate)

Internet

www.nsandi.com
The cash mini ISA can be purchased over the Internet and an application form can be downloaded and sent in by direct post

E-mail

customerenquiries@nsandi.com

Post

National Savings and Investments
Durham
DH99 1ZE

1. Contact National Savings and Investments' Press Office for a wide range of case studies of savers who have invested in its cash mini ISA.
2. For further information contact the Press Office:-

Mark Brooks 020 7348 9301 mark.brooks@nsandi.com
Angela Metschke 020 7348 9449 angela.metschke@nsandi.com
Tracy North 020 7348 9433 tracy.north@nsandi.com
Samantha Bennett 020 7348 9654 sam.bennett@nsandi.com
Out of hours 077 7896 6387  

Media team
NS&I has a number of spokespeople available for interviews and our experienced radio team is available via our ISDN line: 020 7602 4522.

The numbers below are for media use only. Customers wishing to contact NS&I can find details here.

Gill Stephens 020 7348 9449
gill.stephens@nsandi.com
Iman Asante 020 7348 9301
iman.asante@nsandi.com
Angela Mason 020 7348 9433
angela.mason@nsandi.com

ISDN for interviews

020 7602 4522

Out of hours

All numbers above diverted to staffed mobile phones
 

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