Thread: Barnsley Building Society, Christmas Saver Bond, best 1 year savings account.

I should also mention that Yorkshire Building Society are offering the same deal: YBS Savings - Christmas Saver from Yorkshire Building Society, find out more:

YBS Savings - Christmas Saver from Yorkshire Building Society

How would it feel to have your Christmas 2011 money all sorted in advance?

Our Christmas Saver‡ account could help you plan ahead for next Christmas and avoid the worry of how to pay for it. It's an account which lets you save any amount you choose up to £1,200 until the end of November 2011, offers an attractive fixed rate of interest, and can either be opened at one of our Branches or agencies.

• Open the account with as little as £10
• Save up to a maximum of £1,200 over the term
• If maximum balance is exceeded the full balance will be transferred into an account paying a lower rate of interest
• Easy access from 1st December 2011
• No withdrawals or closure are permitted until 1st December 2011

Simple to operate

Christmas Saver‡ is simple to open and operate. When your account is open, all you need to do is make sure you pay no more than £1,200 into the account over the term. You can choose to pay into your account monthly if you wish, or just when you have a spare bit of cash.

for amounts over £1,200 First Save are offering 3.25% FirstSave

If I had the cash sitting around, I'd be opening one of each the YBS and the Barnsley Building Society Christmas bonds and get my wife to do the same.

once again same sort of deal, and for amounts over £1,200 First Save are offering 3.25% FirstSave

I'm not sure when the Christmas saver accounts are going to be taken off the market, but for the time being they're still the best!

the Christmas acccounts still seem to be open and offering the best interest rates.