by Andrew Connolly | Sep 8, 2017 | The latest from the project, Thoughts from Andrew
Our relationship with money today is radically different from what it used to be for our parents and grandparents. Did you know that today, only 8% of the worlds money is in the form of coins and notes. The rest is digital and exist in the form of zeros and ones in a...
by Andrew Connolly | Jun 7, 2017 | Thoughts from Andrew
Its like the best military campaign ever. First you identify your prey, in this instance a local high street. You notice all the potential footfall that can attract away when you open your big box mega store just out of town. Footfall in the high street dwindles and a...
by Bobi | Apr 19, 2016 | Thoughts from Andrew
Economists typically compare the relative performance of countries by using Gross Domestics Product, or GDP. This is the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period. There seems to be an obsession...
by Bobi | Apr 1, 2016 | Thoughts from Andrew
What is Kingston Pound trying to do? The answer is it is trying to build a bridge between Businesses and the Community. That is not to say that bridges don’t already exist because they do. It’s just that these bridges originate from one side or the other. For example,...
by Bobi | Mar 18, 2016 | Thoughts from Andrew
Small businesses with a high street presence will now benefit from budget changes that give them a similar deal to on-line businesses on ‘cyberstreet’.This is great news for Kingston small businesses isn’t it? Perhaps not. This article suggests that when business...
by Bobi | Mar 16, 2016 | Thoughts from Andrew
From the start Kingston Pound has tried to be more than a method of payment. It is trying to strengthen the bond between local businesses on the high street and ‘cyberstreet’ and us, the community. Money transactions are also opportunities for social interactions...
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