Decimal Day

... Decimal Day Present fsd stamps will remain valid for postage, for perhaps 18 months after Decimalisation Day February 15. 1971. The Post Office will decide on the exact time limit when the Government fixes the official decimal changeover period. This ...

Published: Friday 27 February 1970
Newspaper: Fulham Chronicle
County: London, England
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Decimal Day

... Decimal Day SUPERANNUATION—The Finance Bill would include provisions to simplify and rationalise the tax treatment of superannuation arrangements for employees.. The changes were intended:to' .effect frpm . titq intiroduction of the new earnings- -relabed ...

Published: Tuesday 14 April 1970
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
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'DECIMAL DAY' MEASURE

... 'DECIMAL DAY' MEASURE Thinking ahead to Decimal Day in February, Rugeley Urban Council's finance committee agreed on Tuesday that a new decimalised receipting machine should be bought at a cost of more than £2,450. It will replace the existing machine ...

Published: Saturday 21 March 1970
Newspaper: Rugeley Times
County: Staffordshire, England
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DECIMAL DAY APPROACHES

... DECIMAL DAY APPROACHES In six months time decimal currency will be with us and, although Government departments, the Post Office and commercial concerns are already indicating prices in £sd and decimal currency, shopkeepers on the whole are slow off the ...

Published: Thursday 13 August 1970
Newspaper: Cumbernauld News
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 138 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Preparing for decimal day

... Preparing for decimal day Training courses, for shop staffs in decimal cash handling are to be held by Stafford Chamber of Trade. 'lthe aim is to train the trainers. so that an employer 'using a few assistants May care to take the course himself and ...

Published: Friday 04 December 1970
Newspaper: Staffordshire Newsletter
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 122 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

THE DECIMAL DAY PROBLEM

... THE DECIMAL DAY PROBLEM Decimal day will soon be with us, and will pose a problem for Sue Guest of Dudley, Worcestershire. Sue has found a child's Penny Farthing bicycle which is about half a new penny. The farthing ceased to be legal tender in 1961. ...

Instructing for Decimal Day

... Instructing for Decimal Day Mr. Norman Mangold . SUNDAY Pebruary 1 lfll.vmbetnmm:f day for railmen Mangold, 44, of St 47, 'of King's Avenue, Vlhndm‘lu“!h“y“bs‘f. u Wuum&m& 24 hours ahead of the Mofthoeotmac:fi. British has decided to hold a decimal 14 to ...

Published: Friday 19 June 1970
Newspaper: Maidstone Telegraph
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 50 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

BROMLEY PREPARES FOR DECIMAL DAY

... BROMLEY PREPARES FOR DECIMAL DAY AS a result of yesterday's transfer of administration of the transport subsidy from the Arts Council of Great Britain to the Greater London Arts Association, the New, Bromlev. announce changes in the scheme which enables ...

Published: Thursday 02 April 1970
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 242 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

Decimal Day Advice For Retailers

... Decimal Day Advice For Retailers RETAILERS who change to decimal working on or within a few days after D Day (February 15, 1971) should stock up their tills with more small change than usual for the first few days, but demand will quickly fall off and ...

Published: Friday 23 October 1970
Newspaper: Motherwell Times
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 370 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

BR.’s Plan For Decimal Day

... BR.’s Plan For Decimal Day WHEN British Rail *go {¥¥ gecimal” on February 14th next year, a day ahead of the rest of the country, there will be no difference in season ticket rates or long distance fares. Short distance fares may go up or down slightly ...

Published: Friday 12 June 1970
Newspaper: Motherwell Times
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 308 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

Decimal day may be Desperate

... Decimal day may be Desperate D-DAY for Britain is February 15, 1971, but the D could stand for desperation for many firms. They face the shortage of a severe shortage of business machines capable of handling the new currency. Many firms are leaving the ...

Published: Thursday 24 September 1970
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 155 | Page: 9 | Tags: none