Using the £15k cash ISA allowance?

Virgin are right - and wrong.

The 30day rule is specific to many providers - especially if the money went into bonds at a fixed rate..

However, you can still invest the rest of the allowance in a stocks & shares Isa.

Very confusing but these may help:

even though they are not consistent.

Thanks, understood. (I'm averse to further equities at present, so my focus is exclusively on cash.)

One other assumption I was making has also just been dashed this morning. I thought that I could instead now take out a NEW ISA using the remaining £9060 of my cash ISA allowance for 2014-2015. But my local Nationwide branch tell me that you can only take out a cash ISA with a SINGLE provider in any one tax year.

And Nationwide are paying peanuts. :-(

That is not really fair.

I have been looking to replace a NW cash ISA and was disappointed by the

1.8% for 2year fixed.

However, on comparing the competition, it comes out quite well.

Higher than most mainstream competitors.

I think we were both looking at absolute figures rather than comparative returns against RPI [or whatever].

There is little difference between a rate of 10% when the RPI is 8% and

2% when RPI is 0%.

What makes the current situation worse is having to lose a 5% ISA and replace it with a 2% one. That hurts.

I (pessimistically) wasn't looking at fixed ISAs at age 81. :-)

If my dad's experience is anything to go buy, that wont stop an FA telling you a fixed 10 year investment is "best".

(Bastard didn't even ask if dad had any health issues that might make his life expectancy any less than it might be for an 80 yo)

tim