News Archive 2024

Thanks to Callum Mason at iNews for highlighting this very important issue. Domestic abuse is a huge and growing problem. There is absolutely no doubt that cash can provide an escape route for victims of abuse, including by not allowing abusers to track their victims. Charities such as Refuge are doing wonderful work, supporting victims of domestic violence, as are Relationship Coaches like Mari....

Great to see Pooja Shrivastava at Asian Trader getting this important story out so quickly. 81% of British adults believe the option to use cash is important. Cash is NOT a fringe issue! Well done to LINK Scheme Ltd for producing this crucial research, highlighting that that vast majority of the British public WANT to be able to use cash. This contrasts with the rather smaller number of people ....

Poor cash access and unreliable internet services are killing trade for small businesses in THOUSANDS of communities around the UK. Sandbach in Cheshire is just one sad example. However, when the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) say that all of this must be put right “ to enable small firms to continue to accept cash if they wish to “, they are placing the wishes of their members....

It’s good to see the BBC News highlighting such stories of “cashless” folly. What do Middlesbrough Council think they are up to? A “significant reduction in demand” led them to close their cash office? The reality? Some officious Bean Counter in the Council, who probably uses an app to advise on underwear changes, thinks that “progress” is imposing &ldqu....

Teignmouth has a population of 15,000 - and is yet another town left without any bank branches. Cash Access UK say that they have put a temporary “Bank Hub” in the Post Office, a Post Office that is open only half day Saturday and is closed on Sundays. There is now only one free-to-use ATM in Teignmouth Town Centre - and the permanent “Bank Hub”, when it finally opens, is....