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-Credit:© 2014 Bloomberg Finance LP. The UK Government has confirmed that shops and businesses in England are under no obligation to accept Scottish banknotes as payment for goods or services.

A female astronomer and mathematician who played a vital role in the discovery of the planet Neptune—at a time when women’s participation in the sciences was discouraged—will become the first woman ...

Mary Somerville, the Scottish mathematician and science writer, will become the first woman other than a member of the royal family to appear on a Scottish banknote. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) ...

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The Government has provided an update after Wetherspoon announced changes to its rules for accepting cash payments. The pub chain decided in November last year to stop accepting Scottish £20 and £50 ...

The Government has issued an update following Wetherspoon's announcement of changes to its cash payment policies. The pub chain decided in November 2024 to refuse Scottish £20 and £50 notes due to ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland will print its next generation of Scottish banknotes on plastic paper, rather than the traditional cotton. RBS, which is the second biggest issuer of ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish banknotes, widely spurned by shops south of the border, should be legally protected in England, the Liberal Democrats say. "It is ironic that many shops and businesses in ...

LONDON -- Women will feature on both the £5 and the £10 notes from a Scottish bank for the first time when new designs come into circulation. Author Nan Shepherd was revealed as the Royal Bank of ...