The design of the Bank of England's new £50 note, featuring the computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing, has been revealed. The banknote will enter circulation on 23 June, which would have ...

The Bank of England released the new £5 note on Tuesday. It is the bank's first note to be made of a thin, flexible plastic that lasts longer than paper notes. The bank also introduced a number ...

Until 1990, notes were burned and the heat helped warm up the Bank of England! However, that’s not very good for the environment or very efficient. The Bank upgraded its equipment in the early 1990s ...

These are among the startling statistics revealed by the nation's central bank, which also showed that just under £10 million ...

A series of runs on the Bank of England and the government's need for ... And so, on 2 March, it started issuing low denomination promissory notes – the pound note was born (along with a two ...

Spink & Sons held four auctions for £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes alongside the Bank of England’s chief cashier and executive director of banking Sarah John over the summer. The notes sold for ...

The bank's links with the city stretch 200 years when it opened its first branch The Bank of England has announced ... hub would grow from a team of 70 to 500 by 2027. The bank's overall headcount ...