by Andrew Connolly | Jul 28, 2017 | The latest from the project
Stuff happens in our towns and cities. Quite often without any input from us. Things are done to us and that's no fun.This is changing because communities like those in the Borough of Kingston are reimagining their relationship with food, energy and money. For...
by Andrew Connolly | Jul 26, 2017 | The latest from the project
Benefits of Business Membership:1 Attract more custom and loyalty from people and businesses2 Receive Kingston Pounds for whole amount of transactions, or alongside sterling payments (Kingston Pound is complementary currency, designed to...
by Andrew Connolly | Jun 22, 2017 | The latest from the project
Money is something that is most definitely ‘done to us’ and so we do not have much control over it. We are forever chasing it and when we get it, most of it is hoovered up by large multinationals (some are so big e.g. Hoover, their name describes the...
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 25, 2017 | The latest from the project
Featuring in a major free exhibition this Summer Kingston Pound has been invited to participate in a a major free exhibition, The City Is Ours, at the Museum of London this Summer. The work that we are doing to support local businesses in our borough will be shown...
by Bobi | Feb 13, 2017 | Thoughts from Bobi
One of the main problems we’re seeing at this time in the project is that many of the incredible businesses accepting Kingston Pounds, have not yet begun to pay other businesses for services in the currency. So, for my first ‘Thought from Bobi’ I...
by Bobi | Jan 11, 2017 | The latest from the project, The story so far
Creating a resilient local economy in 2016 2016 was a great year for Kingston Pound with more business and users signing up. We can now reveal that since March 2015 more than £8,000 has been spent using Kingston Pounds. With just over £6,000 converted we can now...
by Bobi | Jan 3, 2017 | The latest from the project, The story so far
We’re delighted to announce Love Kingston as our charity partner for 2017. Love Kingston will receive 1% from every K£ transaction. The more money spent using the local currency, the more that we can raise for this great local organisation. Why partner? Both...
by Bobi | Nov 22, 2016 | The latest from the project, The story so far
We are delighted to welcome Kingston Chamber of Commerce as new members. A valuable link to the business community that are now accepting K£ as payment for membership and event attendance. Spending your Kingston Pounds with Kingston Chamber Kingston Chamber of...
by Bobi | Oct 25, 2016 | The latest from the project, The story so far
We always meant to establish ourselves as a CIC – Community Interest Company. It is important that a project like ours, involving money, are a properly established and efficiently run entity. Converting a few thousand into Kingston Pounds is one thing that can be...
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