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Bristol Pound

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The Bristol Pound (£B) is a form of local complementary currency, or community currency launched in Bristol, UK on 19 September 2012. [1]

32 relations: Avon (county), Bank Charter Act 1844, Bank of England, BerkShares, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Brixton, Brunel University London, Community currency, Complementary currency, Cyclos, Design Week, Exeter pound, George Ferguson (politician), Good Energy, Legal tender, Lewes, Lewes Pound, Local currency, Local multiplier effect, Monero (cryptocurrency), New Economics Foundation, PayPal, Pound sterling, Scrip, SMS, Stroud, Stroud pound, The Guardian, The Independent, Totnes, Totnes pound.

Avon (county)

Avon was, from 1974 to 1996, a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in the west of England.

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Bank Charter Act 1844

The Bank Charter Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 32), sometimes referred to as the Peel Banking Act of 1844, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed under the government of Robert Peel, which restricted the powers of British banks and gave exclusive note-issuing powers to the central Bank of England.

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Bank of England

The Bank of England, formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, is the central bank of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the model on which most modern central banks have been based.

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BerkShares

BerkShares is a local currency that circulates in The Berkshires region of Massachusetts.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city and county in South West England with a population of 456,000.

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Bristol City Council

Bristol City Council is the local authority of Bristol, England.

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Brixton

Brixton is a district of south London, England, within the London Borough of Lambeth.

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Brunel University London

Brunel University London is a public research university located in Uxbridge, West London, United Kingdom.

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Community currency

A community currency is a type of complementary currency that is used by groups with a common bond, like members of a locality, or association, and designed to meet their needs.

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Complementary currency

A complementary currency is a currency or medium of exchange which is not a national currency, but which is thought of as supplementing or complementing national currencies.

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Cyclos

Cyclos is online banking software for microfinance institutions, local banks (in developing countries) and complementary currency systems like LETS, TD4W Credits, Barter networks and time banks.

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Design Week

Design Week is a UK-based website, formerly a magazine for the design industry.

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Exeter pound

The Exeter Pound (£E) is a form of local complementary currency, or community currency launched in Exeter, UK on 1 September 2015.

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George Ferguson (politician)

George Robin Paget Ferguson CBE, PPRIBA, RWA (born 22 March 1947) is a British politician, former architect and entrepreneur, who served as the first elected Mayor of Bristol from 2012 to 2016.

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Good Energy

Good Energy is a British energy company based in Chippenham, Wiltshire that generates and purchases renewable electricity, and supplies electricity and gas to homes and businesses throughout the UK.

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Legal tender

Legal tender is a medium of payment recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation.

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Lewes

Lewes is the county town of East Sussex and formerly all of Sussex.

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Lewes Pound

The Lewes Pound is a local currency in use in the town of Lewes, East Sussex.

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Local currency

In economics, a local currency is a currency that can be spent in a particular geographical locality at participating organisations.

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Local multiplier effect

The local multiplier effect (sometimes called the local premium) is the additional economic benefit accrued to an area from money being spent in the local economy.

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Monero (cryptocurrency)

Monero (XMR) is an open-source cryptocurrency created in April 2014 that focuses on privacy and decentralization that runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and FreeBSD.

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New Economics Foundation

The New Economics Foundation (NEF) is a British think-tank that aims to help build a "new economy where people are really in control".

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PayPal

PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American company operating a worldwide online payments system that supports online money transfers and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods like cheques and money orders.

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Pound sterling

The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.

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Scrip

A scrip (or chit in India) is any substitute for legal tender.

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SMS

SMS (short message service) is a text messaging service component of most telephone, internet, and mobile-device systems.

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Stroud

Stroud is a market town and civil parish in the centre of Gloucestershire, England.

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Stroud pound

The Stroud Pound is a local currency in use in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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Totnes

Totnes is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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Totnes pound

The Totnes pound is a complementary local currency, intended to support the local economy of Totnes, a town in Devon, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Pound

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