Isa limit increased from £7,200 to £10,200. Find out how it will affect you and how you can benefit from it. Does more mean better?

Shoppers in Germany will soon be able to buy gold as easily as bars of chocolate after a firm announced plans to install vending machines selling the precious metal across the country.

The best fixed rate loan is given by Britannia Building Society, at 3.94% for 5 whole years. It is an offer that is unlikely to last long, and may never be seen again. It’s almost a sin not to take the money. You could always do what millions of home owners are doing today, and spend it on new cars, exotic holidays and consumer goodies or invest it in the stock market. This is a bet that the great swing to low inflation, low interest rates and low share prices has come to an end. It’s not fanciful to suggest that you could make a third of what you borrow over five years, at low cost and comparatively little risk. Your choice.