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HM Treasury says they are monitoring what is happening in other countries in relation to cash acceptance. In reality, Payment Choice Alliance - founded in 2014, three years before UK Finance - has been gathering international precedents for years and informing HM Treasury accordingly. New Zealand has now been added to the long list of countries where it has been recognised that the public requir....

HM Treasury doesn’t seem to know the extent of the “cashless” problem in the UK? Luckily, the Payment Choice Alliance does. Take the Royal Shakespeare Company. Chaired by Shriti Vadera - who used to Chair Santander UK - the Royal Shakespeare Company accepted over £17.5 Million of the British publics money last year in the form of Government funded grants, via the Arts Co....

Ron Delnevo talks to Paulette Edwards on BBC Radio Sheffield about the wonderful new banknotes the Bank of England are planning! Source: youtube.com/watch?v=V8lyZpukpC0

No wonder the Bank of England are prepared to invest in the design of banknotes - why wouldn’t they keep such a popular and relevant product fresh and interesting? In 2015, the Bank reported that there were £60 billion of banknotes in circulation. In 2025, this amount has jumped to £86 billion. Thats an increase of 43%, despite the slow down during the pandemic. Of course, if....

This was the headline on Saturday 12 July on the UK Treasury Committee website: “Bank of England commits to monitoring cash acceptance on an ongoing basis.” The Bank of Englands commitment to the “monitoring” of cash acceptance consists of, from 2025, expanding its data collection with a SINGLE new question seeking to understand the impact on an individual of a business re....

Cash ALWAYS works - IF accepted. Cineworld Cinemas go “cash only” in Ipswich, messaging their potential customers "Please do book your tickets at the tills as online booking are not going through currently.” Isn’t it lucky that we still have cash on which to rely. Cash, which NEVER crashes or necessitates the message: “Please do book your tickets online. Cash isn&rs....

Only 4.8% of businesses in the Netherlands refuse to accept cash - a much lower figure than in the UK - yet the Netherlands Government have passed legislation guaranteeing that the publics cash will be accepted. Why have the British Government, led by Keir Starmer, not given the British public a similar right? THEY NEED TO LEGISLATE NOW TO ADDRESS THIS OBVIOUS FAILURE. Also, isn’t it wond....

Excellent article by Dan Vevers, Chief Reporter of the Scottish Sunday Mail. Scottish banknotes are seen by many Scots as part of their national heritage and identity. Since the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320 - “It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours, that we are fighting, but for freedom – for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself” - Sco....

Of course, everyone should keep some cash at home, if they can afford to do so. Systems failures are INEVITABLE. Cash ALWAYS works, as a payment method, store of value and means of exchange. Most of the cash nominally in circulation in the UK is actually already used as a store of value - in fact, more than £50 Billion of the £80 Billion plus of banknotes issued by the Bank of England....

These research findings from the Payment Systems Regulator are more proof that there is continued strong use of cash for payments by the British public, across the board. Those who seek to pretend that these figures are anything but strong evidence of the enduring public use of cash are simply being disingenuous. 37% of adults between 18 and 35 reporting that they used cash once or more in the l....