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Europe before Euro United Kingdom |
and Northern Ireland
(1995)
Capital : London (6.900.000)
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£1 = 100 pence
1 Euro = xx pounds
OUT OF EUROSTART 01/01/2002
Banknote serial number reserved for future use= J
New, smaller 5p and 10p coins have been introduced in 1990 and 1992, respectively and the old 1 shilling/ 5p coins are no longer valid (and the 2 shillings/10p coins are being phased out now).
Other historical banknotes
Scottish and English notes are used interchangeably esp. in Scotland
UK Treasury
London Stock Exchange
Financial Service Authority
JP Morgan
Ulster Bank
Computer Weekly
Computing Services & Software Association of the United Kingdom
Project Euro
EBN
European Bond Commission of EFFAS
EmuNet
Montgomery, Tursa & Konur
Statistics
TTE Tourismus Team Europe
| Operator | System | Start | Subscribers 01/03/2000 |
% of growth last year |
| Cellnet | Gsm | 1/94 | 7.118.000* | 82 |
| Vodafone | Gsm | 7/92 | 7.815.000* | 76 |
| One-2-One | Dcs-1800 | 9/93 | 4.637.000* | 119 |
| Orange | Dcs-1800 | 4/94 | 5.682.000* | 137 |
| *= estimate ; source= Mobile communications | 25.252.000 | |||
| Number of operators | 5 |
| Process of allocation | auction |
| Pubblication of the assignment procedure | 1. trim. 2000 |
| Assignement of the licenses | 2. trim. 2000 |
| Service startup | 01/01/2002 |
Cirrus
at Midland Bank, Lloyds Bank, and others..
Plus at the Halifax Building Society,Post Office Girobank, Abbey National Building Society, and others
Visa (ATM Locator) in nearly every single bank.
Yes, plenty of ATMs at Heathrow and Gatwick.
Plus at the Halifax Building Society,Post Office Girobank, Abbey National Building Society, and others
Visa (ATM Locator) in nearly every single bank.
Yes, plenty of ATMs at Heathrow and Gatwick.
Cards :
Accepted everywhere.
Access/MasterCard/Visa/AmEx/Diners for charges higher then UK£5
Access/MasterCard/Visa/AmEx/Diners for charges higher then UK£5
checks :
Easy to cash
at any bank. There are often charges...
notes :
The
'Bank of England' is a part of the U.K. government. Scottish banks are
independant companies. Their right to continue producing currency goes
back to the formation of the United Kingdom in 1707.Scottish notes are
issued by 'Bank of Scotland', 'The Royal Bank of Scotland' (AKA The Royal
Bank) and 'Clydesdale Bank'. ATMs will almost invariably give you Scottish
notes. If you ask nicely and explain you are leaving Scotland, Shops will
happily swap the Scottish notes for English ones. Small shops may be unable
to do this for large sums. 'The Royal Bank of Scotland' still produces
£1 notes. These are used in preference to coins in Scotland and
are the most difficult to use in England. In Northern Ireland 'The Bank
of Ulster' issues notes under similar regulations to the Scottish banks.
Scottish notes are recognized for exchange at U.K. rates throughout the
EEC (in theory - don't risk it if you can help it). Note that there are
also Northern Irish notes. Further on the Isle of Man and the Channel
Isles (Jersey and Guernsey) they have their own coins and notes. These
coins and notes can or can not be accepted in the remainder of the UK
but it is best when you leave from these parts of the country to have
English coins and notes only.
