You have Priorities

Just to reiterate, Kingston Pound is ‘tagged’ sterling which can only be spent in the borough. The member businesses are the only ones who can benefit from any K£’s spent. The deal is that local businesses have to consider where they spend their K£’s for example local...

The money is ours!

I was thinking about the recent mini budget (September 2022) and the fact that the cost of living and the issue of money is on everyone’s mind. The lack of it, the cost of it and the inability for most of us, to hang onto it due to cost of living increases etc.We...

Kingstonomics and the Honey

Someone told me recently that it takes 12 bees, their entire lifespan, to create one teaspoon of honey. Thankfully, no one has communicated this fact to the bees who may be so discouraged by the fact and so not bother at all. Not long after, I was thinking about the...

What does independence mean?

We talk a lot about Independent Businesses because we believe that they are the backbone of our economy. They employ more people in the UK and are more deeply routed in their communities. Many local independent businesses have survived for generations. There are big...

Dealing with Complaints

You know the feeling, you’ve had a good week and lots of complementary comments from your customers all of them, that is, except one. This customer was not happy and sent you an email. What is your reaction? Honestly, what is your reaction? In my younger career my...

Direction of Travel

When it comes to our high street, do we like what is happening to it? Do we like how our children are interacting and learning about money? Are we happy with our relationship with money? The Kingston Pound project is trying to do a number of things. The obvious one is...