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52 per cent of 18-24-year-olds chose to invest some cash in 2024

Gen Z investors have nearly doubled yearly, new research shows

Octopus Energy offers £25 investment in green energy opportunity

Octopus £25 eco investment opportunity could see energy bills go down

DeepSeek and Nvidia logos

Why Nvidia stock is down after DeepSeek AI reveal

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How to use your January pay to plan for spring - savings tips for 2025

Farmers are reminded to insulate exposed pipes in winter.

The UK’s cleanest cities revealed - did your city make it?

A poll of 2,000 adults found 61 per cent have pals giving them financial advice over a beer in their local

One in four adults have invested in stocks after a pint with a mate

Claire Smith, Community Champion, Asda Straiton, presents cheque to St Leonards Episcopal Church

Straiton Community Hub receives £20,000 from the Asda Foundation

Boomers save most, but Gen Z reckon they make their money work harder

Edinburgh, Cambridge, and London have been named as the UK’s most financially confident cities

Edinburgh named UK's most financially confident city

Many adults are starting to prioritise savings over stocks and shares

The top 25 everyday goals adults have set themselves

Spend Elon Musk’s money with Neal Fun’s ‘Spend Elon Musk Money’

How did Michael Burry first make his money to start investing?

People can check whether they have won Premium Bonds prizes through the Checker app or online (image: NS&I)

Explainer When Premium Bonds prize winners will be announced in July 2023

Hillary Clinton endorsed Female Invest after meeting some of the co-founders in Abu Dhabi for a Forbes summit and asked for a copy of their book, 'Girls Just Wanna Have Funds' (Pic:Female Invest)

Who are the CEOs of Female Invest?

The Halifax HPI for October has been released (images: Getty Images/Adobe/NationalWorld)

Explainer First annual decline in house prices since 2012, new figures show

Nationwide publishes its latest analysis of the UK property market every month (images: Getty Images/PA)

Explainer Nationwide predicts property market downturn after mortgage turmoil
Mortgage rates look set to soar after worse-than-expected CPI inflation data suggested the Bank of England is likely to hike interest rates again in June
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Nationwide’s Fairer Share scheme is set to pay out £100 to its members (images: PA/Adobe)

Explainer Nationwide to pay £100 to customers after ‘strongest’ year on record

The Royal Mail’s share price has decreased significantly since 2022 (images: Adobe/Getty Images)

Explainer How strikes have affected Royal Mail’s share price

The FTSE 100 is a key metric of how the global economy is doing (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Explainer How the FTSE 100 works and why it matters - explained

HSBC Bank has bought the UK arm of SVB (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Explainer HSBC’s ownership explained as it posts major profits increase

The sign for a BP filling station in Westminster, London (Pic: Getty Images)

Who owns BP? Energy company records £4bn profits in just 3 months

First Republic Bank shares have crashed - here’s why (images: AFP/Getty Images)

Explainer First Republic Bank taken over by JP Morgan - collapse explained

A new tax year is coming in and means some key changes will affect your personal finances (images: Adobe)

Explainer 5 key tax changes that are being introduced for the new financial year

This is when the financial year ends (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Explainer When does the new tax year start - and what does it mean for taxes?

Saving money away for a rainy day might be a good idea given the cost of living crisis (image: Adobe)

Explainer How savings accounts work - and how to spot the best account for you

ISAs are almost the same as regular savings accounts (image: Adobe)

Explainer How ISAs work: tax-free savings accounts explained

Virgin Orbit uses customised jet airliner ‘Cosmic Girl’ to launch its rockets (image: Virgin Orbit)

Why Virgin Orbit has gone bankrupt - who owns satellite launch company
Virgin Orbit attempted to launch the first space rocket from UK soil at Newquay Spaceport in Cornwall in January 2023, but the mission failed
Henry Sandercock

The official retirement age could rise steeply for younger workers (images: Adobe)

Younger people ‘may have to be 74’ to reach state pension age

Pension changes are on their way in April (images: AFP/Getty Images/Adobe)

Explainer How much the state pension will rise by from April 2023

The Rishi Sunak government has announced the official retirement age will not be lifted to 68 ahead of schedule - although it will rise to 67 from 2026

Explainer How much National Insurance you need to get a full state pension

Early retirement could lead to higher inflation, the governor of the Bank of England has warned (image: Adobe)

Explainer UK retirement age explained - could retiring early worsen inflation?

Rishi Sunak revealed how much capital gains tax he pays in his tax returns (image: Getty Images)

How much capital gains tax is rising by from April 2023

The Living Pension has been launched to help lower earners put away more for retirement (image: Adobe)

Explainer Real Living Wage charity launches ‘Living Pension’ - how it works

Is the banking crisis set to hit UK banks? (images: AFP/Getty Images)

UK banking crisis ‘unlikely’ after turmoil - here’s why

UBS has bought out Credit Suisse in a Swiss government-brokered deal (images: AFP/Getty Images)

Analysis Credit Suisse’s road to failure explained as UBS completes buyout

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme was released to much fanfare in March 2022 (images: Getty Images/Adobe)

Boiler Upgrade Scheme ‘way off target’ analysis of official data shows

Buying a house has got much harder for first time buyers over the last 12 months, according to Nationwide analysis (image: Adobe)

Nationwide reveals UK’s most affordable areas for first time buyers

Negative equity can create big problems if you need to move house (image: Adobe)

Negative equity: what you can do about it explained

House prices have rocketed over the last 20 years, even despite the 2008 financial crash (image: PA)

How much is my house worth? And 5 tips for increasing it