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Grow your savings with Raisin UK
With competitive rates from over 40 FSCS-protected banks and building societies, Raisin UK is here to help your savings blossom as beautifully as your flowers.
Scroll down to find out more about our recent appearance at BBC Gardeners' World Live, as well as the connection between gardening and saving.
Raisin UK at BBC Gardeners' World Live
We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who visited our stand at at this year's BBC Gardeners' World Live. We enjoyed meeting so many people and talking about how using Raisin can help your savings grow!
Author and horticulturist Simon Akeroyd joined us throughout the event. Simon is renowned for his easy-to-follow gardening tips on social media, where he boasts over 900,000 followers on Instagram and 781,000 followers on TikTok. Simon’s latest book, Grow Your Groceries, became a Sunday Times Bestseller in its first week of publication. You can learn more about Simon on his website. Make sure to follow Simon on Instagram for his incredibly useful gardening videos too.
Simon also shared some of his top tips on maintaining a garden with minimal effort.
- Avoid plants and vegetables that might require yearly replanting.
- Plant low maintenance slow-growing shrubs and small trees.
- Mow your lawn less and cut a path instead to encourage wildflowers and support local wildlife.
Watch your savings blossom
Like growing a beautiful garden, building your savings requires the right tools and the right mindset. Raisin UK gives you everything you need to make your savings bloom, with competitive rates from over 40 FSCS-protected banks or building societies.
All your savings in one account
Manage your money across easy access savings, fixed rate bonds and notice accounts with a single log-in.
Free and easy to set up
Open your free Raisin UK account and apply once for access to our entire range of accounts.
A diverse range of providers
Why stick to the high street? Grow your money with accounts from over 40 banks and building societies.
FSCS (or equivalent) protection
All banks and building societies on our platform offer FSCS (or European equivalent) protection.
Ready to make your money bloom? Compare interest rates across easy access savings accounts, notice accounts and fixed rate bonds.
How to start saving
Opening your first savings account with Raisin UK is much easier than starting a new garden - and you don’t need to worry about the weather either.
- Register for free in minutes
- Compare interest rates from 40+ banks
- Apply and manage your savings in one place
What links gardening and saving?
There are many parallels between tending to your garden and looking after your money. Below, you'll find articles, quizzes and more to help you understand why your gardening knowledge could make you a great saver too, as well as the results of our gardening and savings survey of 2,000 UK adults. But first, our co-founder and savings expert Kevin Mountford discusses the connection between gardening and saving.
Research is critical
71% of the UK adults we surveyed said it’s important to carry out research before making garden or savings decisions. Just as you plan your planting for the year, you need to choose the right savings account for your goals before you start planting the seeds of your future wealth!
Unfortunately, not everyone does their homework - 1 in 4 over 55s admitted they never research ways to manage their savings.
Consistency is key
UK adults spend 17 hours in the garden each month, but most of that time isn’t spent on the glamourous work of planting beautiful flowers - it’s spent weeding and keeping borders neat. The same mentality applies to saving, where keeping an eye on interest rates and reviewing which products you use to save can help grow your wealth more effectively.
Good gardeners and good savers share the same traits
According to UK adults, the top three traits required from a good gardener and a good saver are a calm head, adaptability and open-mindedness. If you can create and tend a beautiful garden, you probably have what it takes to manage your savings effectively too.
Planning your garden (and your savings) is important
Our recent survey found more than half of us (57%) think it is important to take time to plan and research options before making changes to our garden. The same could be said of your savings. If you want to start planning more carefully, you may find these articles useful.
Planting seeds for the future
Growing your savings can help sow the seeds of success for your children and grandchildren. Learn more about saving for your children and grandchildren, as well as the rules around gifting money, with these useful articles.
