Bristol City Director to take £Bs as part of salary
Posted 01/05/2013
Bristol's newly appointed City Director Nicola Yates is helping Bristol acheive it's ambitions, and is supporting Bristol in taking £5k of her salary in Bristol Pounds
Bristol Pound hits £100,000 bank deposits mark
Posted 10/04/2013
The scheme has hit a landmark with over £B100,000 in Bristol Pound bank accounts overall
Why one English town created its own currency
Posted 20/03/2013
Katie Finnegan Clarke (Communications & Volunteers Manager) talks to Mother Nature Network about Bristol's alternative currency so far
Mayor supports his city by taking salary in local currency
Posted 08/02/2013
Bristol Mayor boosts a scheme supporting independent traders
Can local currencies help advance global sustainability?
Posted 05/02/2013
Local financial systems that put people and the environment at their heart are welcome, but can these new models be truly scaled?
Bristol Pound is helping us all pull together
Posted 27/12/2012
by Ian Onions, this is Bristol.
TRADERS in Bristol have given the thumbs-up to the new unique currency
Bristol Pound prompts Nick Hand to find hidden parts of the city
Posted 02/10/2012
A man who decided to try spending only Bristol Pounds for an entire week says the challenge has helped him discover new areas of the city
Bristol banks on alternative pound
Posted 21/09/2012
Butchers, bakers, solicitors and even a pole dancing tutor sign up to stop multinationals taking money out of area
In praise of… local currencies
Posted 20/09/2012
Editorial Complementary currency schemes are thriving. Maybe George Osborne should take note.
Bristol mayor launches city's pound
Posted 19/09/2012
Bristol became the first British city to launch a local currency on Wednesday when Lord Mayor councillor Peter Main handed over a crisp new Bristol pound note to buy a loaf of bread in a city centre bakery
Bristol Pound launched to keep trade in the city
Posted 19/09/2012
Dave Harvey Business Correspondent introduces the Bristol Pound, key facts and security features
Bristol goes rogue: British city launches own currency
Posted 16/08/2012
by Judith Evans, AFP As Britain loses faith in its banks and feels shockwaves from the euro crisis, one city is trying to keep local wealth in local pockets with the launch of its own currency.
Hundreds of businesses to accept the Bristol Pound
Posted 09/07/2012
With the Euro in the state it's in, you might think now is not the best time to launch a new currency. But in two months' time, that's what will happen in Bristol. 230 businesses have already signed up to accept the Bristol Pound.
It's being launched on September 19th. Its creators hope to print a million pounds in the first year. Tanya Mercer reports.
Feature on You and Yours
Posted 17/02/2012
Beginning 28:30 into the programme. After Bristol launches its own pound we find out how other local currencies are doing..
Should we all just print our own money?
Posted 10/02/2012
by Kathleen Brooks, Director of Research, Forex.com It’s not only the Bank of England who will be printing money.
Bristol to launch a currency of its own
Posted 07/02/2012
by Andy Crick Bristol is to become the first UK city to have its own currency.
Date set for launch of the Bristol Pound, city's very own currency
Posted 06/02/2012
by Ian Onions Bristol's own currency is being launched in the city.
Bristol to have its own currency
Posted 06/02/2012
by Rosie Murray-West The scheme follows on the heels of the Brixton pound.
We don't want to be part of 'clone town Britain': City launches own currency to keep money local,
Posted 06/02/2012
by Tom Kelly. Bristol launches own currency to maintain 'diversity' of city and support independent trade.
'Bristol Pound' currency to boost independent traders
Posted 06/02/2012
by Dave Harvey, Business Correspondent, BBC West The Euro is in trouble, the world's financial system is in turmoil. Is this the perfect time for cities to go it alone...?
We're banking on the Bristol Pound
Posted 04/06/2011
by Ian Onions and Kate Sansom Bristol could have it's own currency within a year.