The Money Stop

People at extreme ends of the wealth scale are being affected the most by the current economic turmoil, according to MGM Advantage.

The richest and poorest people in the UK are feeling the pinch from the credit crunch the most, the retirement income specialist has said.

According to research commissioned by the company, 20 per cent of people who are in debt and 25 per cent of those who have assets worth more than £1 million prefer to stash their cash at home rather than putting it in a savings account.

In the survey of more than 3,000 people round the country, it was found that women tend to be more likely to put their hard-earned cash in a savings account than men – 60 per cent of women said they used savings accounts compared to 48 per cent of men.

The Post Office recently reported that people who leave their money in accounts that pay a low level of interest are losing a total of about £8 billion every year.

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