Snipers against NS& I risk shooting themselves in the foot

Last week, National Savings & Investments joined the long list of financial services brands to come...

Last week, National Savings & Investments joined the long list of financial services brands to come out with a headlining-grabbing survey. In its case it found that young, part-time workers were the best savers in the UK, going against much of the conventional wisdom, which says they are the spend, spend, spend generation fuelled by credit. Their spending and savings habits are not the key issue here, but rather the role of National Savings is. It currently has 30 million customers, effectively half the population of the UK, making it the most successful savings organisation in the coun...