Old £20.00 note being withdrawn from circulation

Old style £”0 notes featuring a picture of Edward Elgar on the back are to removed from circulation from the end of June 2010. The new style £20 note with the picture of Adam Smith will remain in circulation.

Don’t Let the Postal Strikes Cost You Money

Rob over at Moneywatch has some handy tips for us all to bear in mind with the possible postal strikes in the run up to Christmas.

WARNING – Malicious Email supposedly from HMRC

I thought you should be made aware that I received a spam email today – purportedly from HMRC (Inland Revenue)

The body of the email contained the following text -

A few interesting blog posts you might like

Here are three interesting blog posts which you might find interesting – please feel free to share your own favourite posts by posting a comment and a link below.

We’re going to spend our way out of recession!

I was reading this interesting article over on the thisismoney website about Alistair Darling’s plans to spend “whatever we can” to keep people in jobs during this recession.

In a country where the economy is inextricably linked to the housing market, can it be wise for a Government to simply try and spend its way out of recession?

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How to turn 20 pence into £200

I came across a really interesting story whilst surfing the web earlier today.

A technical error has led to the Royal Mint issuing between 50,000 and 200,000 20 pence pieces which have been struck incorrectly.