A friend mentioned he has a regular savings account with zurich and the monies are effectively invested in various funds. Is there any company that have a particularly good offering in this regard?
Lower cost ones tend to be on an 'execution only' service basis and if you need advice that would have to be factored in via a fee or other product charges.
It is hard to give recommendations without knowing what your goals are, what you financial situation is, what your attitude to risk is, what your capacity to absorb risk is, - I could go on but you get the idea