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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3G01G9M - Pprominent blue William Hill fascia dominates this view of Horsemarket Street in Warrington town centre, Cheshire. The bookmaker's glass entrance and windows carry betting promotions, including a £5K prize advertisement and a Best Odds Guaranteed display. The Lloyds Bank green horse logo and signage appear further along the pedestrian shopping street, placing two well-known British financial and gambling brands within the same urban scene. Grey paving, mature trees, red-brick upper storeys give the photograph a north-west England setting.
The combination gained fresh editorial significance following the UK Autumn Budget delivered by Chancellor John Healey on 28 October 2026. The government announced that the Bank Corporation Tax Surcharge would rise from 3% to 6% for fifteen months, beginning on 1 January 2027 and ending on 31 March 2028. It also announced a rise in Machine Games Duty from 20% to 25% from 1 April 2027 for machines with stakes above £1 or prizes exceeding £100. The gambling change concerns qualifying machine gaming rather than every form of sports betting advertised in the window.
The Chancellor linked the temporary higher banking surcharge to support for household energy bills, while higher gambling taxation contributes to measures supporting high streets. The measures raise questions about bank profits, public finances, gambling harms, betting-shop economics, business costs and employment. Effects on bookmakers depend on exposure to qualifying machines
the picture establishes neither an individual shop's tax bill nor a closure plan.
William Hill's prominent retail frontage offers a recognisable illustration of high-street sports wagering, bookmaker marketing and physical betting outlets. Lloyds Bank's smaller but legible sign extends the editorial relevance to banking and the Budget's simultaneous measures affecting both sectors. Together the businesses capture a local street scene with national economic significance.
2-6 Horsemarket Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1XL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3G01G9P - A Lloyds Bank branch stands immediately beside a William Hill bookmaker on Horsemarket Street in Warrington town centre, Cheshire. The contrast between the green Lloyds sign and William Hill's large blue fascia brings two major British business sectors into a single street-level scene. A mature tree partly divides the shopfronts, while people sit outside beneath a bright green café parasol. The betting shop entrance, glazed frontage and advertising are clearly visible beside the bank's branded premises.
The pairing acquired particular editorial relevance following the UK Autumn Budget presented on 28 October 2026 by Chancellor John Healey. The government announced a temporary rise in the Bank Corporation Tax Surcharge from 3% to 6%, effective from 1 January 2027 until 31 March 2028. It also announced an increase in Machine Games Duty from 20% to 25% from April 2027 for gaming machines with stakes above £1 or prizes above £100. These are sector-wide fiscal changes
the image does not establish the tax liability of either individual premises.
The government presented the bank surcharge as a contribution towards household energy support, while additional gambling taxation helps finance measures for high street businesses. The gambling industry has warned of potential pressure on betting-shop viability, employment and investment, although those warnings do not demonstrate any planned closure at this William Hill branch. The image therefore brings together debates about bank profits, gambling taxation, regulated betting, public revenue, local jobs and the future of physical shops.
Horsemarket Street forms part of Warrington's central retail area. The adjacent bank and bookmaker illustrate how financial services and gambling outlets share prominent commercial frontage in British town centres. Their contrasting corporate colours and close proximity create a direct visual connection between two prominent tax measures announced in the same Budget.
Horsemarket Street, Warrington town centre, Cheshire, WA1 1TP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FYF1X5 - . A Racing Post newspaper is displayed prominently at a newsagent, its large headline reading THE SPORT OF KINGS above an image associated with racing. Other newspapers, magazines and brightly coloured publications are visible on shelves behind. The newspaper is tilted above other periodicals and merchandise in the newsagent display. Its masthead reads RACING POST, with the large SPORT OF KINGS message in white and gold type. The front page places horse racing journalism, printed sporting news, betting information and the traditional racing press together in one instantly recognisable physical newsstand setting. The folded front page is angled towards the reader, with the words RACING POST in large white type and the gold-lettered SPORT OF KINGS headline occupying most of the visible cover. The Racing Post masthead runs across the top of a newspaper displayed at an angle among crowded newsstand shelving. The large words RACING POST and THE SPORT OF KINGS stand above a photograph of two men in outdoor clothing. Other paper titles and colourful magazines are packed around the front page. It is an editorial image of printed racing journalism being sold through a newsagent, with a particular front-page treatment of the sport. The publication is positioned upright so the lead story, newspaper masthead and central photograph can be read at a glance. A newsagent uses this type of front-facing arrangement to draw buyers towards the current printed edition. The title and large headline are arranged like a poster, giving a printed sports newspaper considerable visual presence among other periodicals. Horse racing is the subject signalled by the newspaper name and the reference to the sport of kings. The photograph captures the paper as a physical consumer item within a mixed newsstand display. The page sits diagonally in its rack, with RACING POST in large white block capitals above the main feature.
United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJW6WD - Paddy Power is an Irish gambling company founded in 1988. Its product offering includes sports betting, online casino, online poker, and online bingo. The business is split into two divisions, UK Ireland (UKI) and International. UKI operations are conducted from its headquarters in Dublin, while its international business operates from its overseas hub in Malta. In February 2016, Paddy Power merged with Betfair to create Flutter Entertainment
Paddy Power was founded in 1988 by a merger of the forty shops of three Irish bookmakers: Stewart Kenny, David Power, and John Corcoran. Stewart Kenny and Vincent O'Reilly had sold Kenny O'Reilly Bookmakers to Coral in 1986, and then opened ten shops of their own by 1988
In February 2020, Paddy Power won the GGA London Betting Shop Operator of the Year award. In July 2021, it won for a second consecutive year.
June 2022 saw the launch of the Paddy Power Games vertical which replaced the online casino and live casino properties in a bid to soften the image of playing online casinos in-line with UKGC regulations
In October 2018, Paddy Power Betfair received a £2.2 million fine from the UK Gambling Commission, after an investigation revealed that the gaming giant broke the commission's rules regarding social responsibility and anti-money laundering.
In December 2018, Paddy Power and William Hill faced further criticism after allegations that they allowed a gambling addict to wager thousands of pounds in stolen cash. Victims of the theft seek £965,000 from Paddy Power that has not been compensated after the previous fine from October of that year
12 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5RY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FXKY2N - . A tabletop artwork uses Scrabble-style yellow letter tiles to explore UK gambling, lottery regulation and gambling tax. FAILURE is set diagonally across the dark collage, while NATIONAL LOTTERY appears across the upper part of the arrangement. Other words and fragments address TAX and HARM in the same theme. The printed material uses mixed type sizes and directions, while the pale yellow square tiles form a bold foreground message. The background reproduces printed names and logos from betting brands including Betfred, William Hill and Sky Bet, with references to the National Lottery and official gambling terminology. Dark printed typography, betting graphics and pale tiles produce a dense graphic composition. The juxtaposition highlights political and public debate about gambling duties, bookmakers, regulation and the costs of harmful betting. Letter values remain visible on the tiles, recalling a physical word game while referring to real gambling businesses and public policy in the United Kingdom. A diagonal arrangement of pale yellow letter tiles crosses a dark surface printed with gambling-industry names and advertising language. The longest central word is FAILURE, with surrounding tile words referring to NATIONAL LOTTERY and betting-related consequences. In the dark background, the bookmaker names BETFRED and William Hill are recognisable alongside Sky Bet lettering and a National Lottery logo. The black-and-white print also contains the phrases GAMBLING TAX and HARM in contrasting block capitals. Each square tile carries a black letter and a tiny score numeral, giving the composition the material appearance of a word game. This is an editorial treatment of the connections between gambling marketing, lottery products, gambling duty, taxation and personal losses. It reflects the public discussion of gambling regulation in the United Kingdom through a deliberately assembled printed and tiled still life.
UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FXE23P - National Lottery Flutter and Betfred Scrabble gambling tax concept. Yellow letter tiles form intersecting betting-related words including NATIONAL, LOTTO, FLUTTER, BETFRED and TAX. Names of betting companies and printed gambling policy terms create a layered editorial tabletop composition. Large yellow letter tiles form NATIONAL, LOTTO, FLUTTER, BETFRED and TAX over a patterned sheet carrying additional names such as William Hill and Paddy Power. The word NATIONAL appears near the centre while other betting-related names run vertically or diagonally through the arrangement. The image assembles references to different parts of the gambling sector into a single tangible illustration. Tax and lottery terminology make this a focused visual for debates about betting duty, corporate operators, the National Lottery and regulation. The printed and tiled words are themselves the photographic subject. NATIONAL and LOTTO provide a central reference to lottery gambling, while BETFRED and FLUTTER represent named commercial betting businesses. TAX crosses the horizontal lettering, visually connecting those brands to the subject of duty. Behind the tiles are repeated bookmaker and lottery logos, together with words used in policy arguments about gambling. The overlapping layers are deliberately legible in sections and create a busy, news-oriented graphic. The photograph has potential for editorial coverage of UK gambling industry taxation, the place of national lotteries in consumer gambling, the distinction between different betting products and government decisions affecting operators. Letter-tile intersections and the printed company names are the identifiable content that differentiates this particular still-life photograph. The printed background contains several corporate names in light and dark type, with the physical tiles occupying the most prominent positions. Intersections are deliberately used to connect Lottery and UK betting companies with TAX.
United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FXE278 - National Lottery and betting company names under Scrabble tiles spelling Fluttered and tax. Yellow letter tiles form terms about gambling and taxation over a printed background of UK betting brands. Visible references include National Lottery, Betfred, William Hill, Sky Bet and assorted responsible gambling messages. The composition is a constructed overhead still life, with small cream and yellow letter tiles placed across a busy printed background of betting brands and policy terminology. Different names on the paper backdrop connect retail bookmakers, online operators, the National Lottery and debates over gambling duty. The letter tiles put gambling-related terms into immediate visual focus. This artwork can accompany coverage of taxation proposals, industry lobbying and public discussion about harm arising from betting. Its physical tiles, printed layers and closely framed typography form the substance of the image. The letters sit flat on printed newspaper-like material, allowing the viewer to read commercial names beneath the cream-coloured squares. Black type, tile numbers and a closely spaced layout create a graphic editorial composition. The clear emphasis on Flutter and taxation makes this useful for reporting on UK gambling duties or proposals affecting betting companies. The National Lottery branding adds a different form of gambling to the same background, while BETVICTOR, SKY BET and other operator names reinforce the wider industry context. A buyer searching for gambling reform illustrations could use the combination of recognisable words, a physically arranged puzzle and the printed logos. The exact intersecting words matter: this variant should be distinguished from the other photographs of gambling-themed tile arrangements. The paper background is covered with betting terms in contrasting weights and angles, giving the lettering a layered appearance. The printed betting brands are legible between the tiles. Tile letters show scores.
United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FX3687 - Paddy Power corner betting shop at 79 Wilmslow Road Rusholme. The photograph shows green branded shopfront beneath red brick former street-corner building. The subject is located at 79 Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, Manchester M14 5NA, England, UK. Green betting-company signage fills the windows. The green Paddy Power façade wraps around the corner of a red-brick building with advertisements in the windows. The brick upper floors and corner position provide context for the betting shop in Rusholme. This image gives a fuller view of the premises than the tighter green-shopfront photograph. The contrast between the building's older brick architecture and the newer bookmaker fascia is particularly visible from the pavement. The photograph provides an example of gambling retail premises within Rusholme's busy mix of local shops and restaurants.
79 Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, Manchester M14 5NA, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FX38DF - Paddy Power betting shop on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme. The photograph shows green high-street bookmaker shopfront with illuminated advertising window displays. The subject is located at Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, Manchester, England, UK. The green Paddy Power shopfront occupies ground-floor premises in Rusholme with brightly coloured betting posters in the windows. The shop identifies a legal high-street gambling operator. The green Paddy Power shopfront displays a betting operator's name and multiple racing and football promotions. The premises are on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme. Bright green fascia signage identifies the Paddy Power bookmaker, while large advertising posters fill the shop windows. Wilmslow Road in Rusholme contains a mixture of specialist retail, food outlets and services, giving the storefront an urban high-street context. The image illustrates visible sports-betting advertising, bookmaker premises and the presence of gambling businesses on British shopping streets.
Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FWKMC6 - A close street-level view shows the red fascia of a Ladbrokes betting shop in Warrington town centre. White lettering spells the company name across the shopfront, with a projecting square red-and-white logo sign fixed to the building. Brickwork and a partial shop window are visible beneath the signage. The photograph focuses on branding rather than on betting activity inside the premises. Ladbrokes is a familiar name in UK high-street gambling and sports betting. Betting shops occupy a distinct part of town-centre retail, alongside other service businesses. Their shopfronts are relevant to discussion of gambling regulation, high-street vacancies, licensed premises, advertising visibility and public debate about gambling-related harm. The Ladbrokes name appears on the building frontage and projecting sign above the pavement. The projecting sign is set at right angles to the front fascia so that the brand can be noticed by people walking along the pavement. Bright red is the dominant colour and makes the name highly visible against the brick above the shop. At street level only part of the window is seen, so the exterior identity is much more prominent than anything inside. Ladbrokes is one of the established commercial names in UK betting and its branding is familiar in discussions of high-street gambling businesses. High-street bookmakers advertise through external corporate signs as well as window displays. The Ladbrokes frontage combines large white sans-serif lettering with the company's red fascia, set beneath brickwork belonging to the wider building. The sign projecting at right angles to the road faces people walking along the pavement, while the fixed horizontal fascia identifies the entrance when approached directly. The shopfront presents an example of branded betting retail within an established Warrington shopping street. The commercial frontage faces passing pedestrians in the town centre.
Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FW3A11 - A distinctive blue National Lottery retailer sign is mounted outside a shop in Fleetwood. Its upper circular panel carries the familiar crossed-fingers symbol and the lower panel says Play here, with a glimpse of further lottery branding near the bottom. Through the surrounding glass, a street and warm low sunlight are visible in the background. The photograph concentrates on a readily recognised part of British everyday retail culture: the small sign that identifies premises selling National Lottery tickets. It also shows how lottery branding is incorporated into ordinary shopping streets rather than presented as a separate large-scale gambling venue. The crossed-fingers graphic is associated with chance, prize draws and the aspiration of winning money. Retail lottery outlets may be part of news coverage about ticket sales, consumer habits, advertising, good causes and regulation. The combination of the logo, doorway and outside light provides a straightforward editorial depiction of lottery availability on the high street. The sign is supported by a narrow stand outside the doorway, placing it at eye level for people approaching or passing the retailer. Its blue background and white text are consistent with longstanding National Lottery point-of-sale identity and help distinguish it from bookmakers' shop signs. Lottery tickets are sold through many types of outlets, including newsagents, supermarkets and convenience shops, creating a dispersed retail network. The sunlit reflections in the glass add local street context without competing with the clearly legible message. The upper disc features the National Lottery crossed-fingers emblem, printed in dark blue against a pale background. A lower rectangular panel says Play here, with the blue and white graphic repeated across the freestanding sign. Through the glass and beyond its frame, Fleetwood's street buildings, evening sky and warm low sunshine are visible.
Fleetwood, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FW3A2E - An illuminated vape-shop window in Fleetwood combines a bright green-and-red VAPE sign with a large outline graphic of a hand holding an electronic cigarette. The word VAPE SHOP glows beneath the illustration, while shelves of small packaged products can be seen behind the glass. An age-18 notice is positioned among the window displays. Neon lighting and the busy arrangement of stock make the shop conspicuous from the street. It brings together several themes: the growth of dedicated vape outlets, youth-access restrictions, shopfront marketing, nicotine consumption and debates over product regulation and disposable devices. The window lettering, bright colour contrast and visible merchandise allow buyers to connect the subject immediately with electronic cigarette sales. The photograph documents advertising and the retail environment, not an assessment of the health effects or legal compliance of any particular product. The outline of the vaping hand-and-device symbol is designed to communicate the product category immediately even without reading English. Rows of colourful packaging sit behind the signs, illustrating the role of flavour and brand presentation in specialist retail. Changes to British rules on vaping devices, flavours, advertising and product disposal can affect shops of this kind. A large outline of a hand holding an electronic cigarette occupies the right-hand window, lit in white, red and electric blue. To its left a rectangular VAPE neon sign glows red inside a bright green border. Multiple ranks of boxed liquids and devices are displayed behind the glass. A round 18 age restriction symbol appears among the sales material. The branding is built almost entirely from illuminated symbols and colour rather than a lengthy fascia description, a notable feature of modern specialist vaping retail. Reflections from the street overlap the product displays and give the image a layered shop-window appearance.
Fleetwood, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FPHHP4 - . A blue Leaders estate agency board marked I'M RENTED hangs outside a row of red-brick residential properties in Warrington. The wording indicates that the advertised home has been let rather than remaining available to prospective tenants. With housing facades stretching behind the sign, the photograph can illustrate the role of agents in Britain's private rental market, the difficulty of finding suitable accommodation and the broader debate around rental costs and supply. The image does not reveal the rent paid or circumstances of the occupants. The 'I'm Rented' wording is a conspicuous advertisement that a residential property has found a tenant, rather than a statement about the new occupant's identity or circumstances. In 2026 private renting in England operates under the first phase of the Renters' Rights Act reforms introduced on 1 May. These ended Section 21 no-fault evictions and replaced most fixed-term assured tenancies with rolling periodic arrangements. Letting agents, landlords and tenants face revised expectations for communications, tenancy management and rent reviews. A rented board on established brick housing also raises wider questions about whether working households can afford deposits, monthly rents and the eventual step into home ownership. Advertised and agreed rental prices should not be inferred from a sign with no financial figures. The traditional streetscape helps locate this example within the market for existing rather than newly constructed homes. It is suitable for illustrating housing insecurity, tenant protections, housing supply, local letting agents, household budgets and the practical process of filling vacant private properties. Physical letting boards continue to advertise an agency and its success even when the property is already taken. The sign also promotes the letting agent itself. The property board makes the completed letting visible to neighbours.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FP3R3F - . A large blue Leaders letting-agent board has an orange panel reading I'M RENTED outside a brick residential property. The prominent rented notice documents the estate agent's marketing claim and can illustrate the competitive visibility of lettings agents in a town-centre housing market. The orange I'M RENTED strip is visually distinct from the agent's blue hanging board. This type of sign converts a property advertisement into a claimed successful letting, visible to pedestrians and passing traffic. It does not identify who rents the premises, whether the property is furnished or the agreed rent. The brick frontage and neighbouring buildings place the advertising in an established town streetscape. The orange I'M RENTED strip runs below the blue Leaders brand and sits outside a brick property. The distinctive language is promotional rather than a legal record of a tenancy. It is suited to reporting on landlord and tenant searches, letting agency competition and rented housing availability. The orange rented panel is designed to be read at a distance and contrasts with the blue background and white lettering of the agency board. The sign communicates an agency's reported letting result, whereas the actual lease terms, deposit and rental amount remain outside the photograph. Property boards play a dual role: informing prospective tenants about availability and giving the agent continued exposure after an agreement is reached. This type of sign can accompany journalism about competition for accommodation, landlord portfolios, tenancy turnover and the effect of mortgage costs on the rented sector. Unlike a FOR SALE sign, it records a letting rather than an ownership transfer. The photograph captures a specific marketing stage in the life of a residential property without making claims about the people living there. A prominent rented board continues to advertise the agency even after a property has been taken off the available listings.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FP3PP1 - . A Ladbrokes betting-shop frontage has a bright red fascia and window promotions for gambling offers. Bookmakers are part of the regulated UK high street
promotional claims appear in the photograph but do not indicate gambling outcomes for customers. The red betting-shop frontage carries printed offers and prominent Ladbrokes signage facing the street. Gambling advertising is regulated and individual promotions may depend on eligibility, terms and timing. A photograph of a shop window cannot identify customers, the volume of bets or whether a particular person is experiencing gambling harm. It can, however, illustrate the continued visibility of bookmakers in commercial streets. Large red shop signs and red promotional panels distinguish the Ladbrokes branch from adjacent commercial premises. The photo is appropriate for discussion of bookmaker presence on shopping streets, customer advertising and gambling policy. It should not be used to infer particular customer behaviour, losses or breaches of regulation. Bookmaking premises are part of the regulated gambling industry and are frequently identifiable by strong corporate colours, branded fascias and window advertising. Promotional wording can change rapidly, so photographs provide useful records of how offers were presented to customers at a given time. Horsemarket Street is a central Warrington shopping street where betting shops sit within the wider mix of town-centre retail and services. Gambling policy debates cover advertising, affordability checks, harm prevention, taxation and the number of licensed premises on high streets. The photograph documents a visible place of business and public-facing marketing rather than any individual's gambling activity. It is appropriate for general editorial illustration of bookmakers, sports betting and urban land use. Promotional betting-shop graphics are a visible part of competition for customer attention in town-centre retail premises.
Horsemarket Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1XL, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FJJ03C - Paddy Power betting shop in Williamson Square, Liverpool city centre, with the bookmaker's distinctive green branding and football-themed window graphics prominent across the traditional high-street premises. The photograph records a bricks-and-mortar bookmaker during a period of significant change for Britain's gambling industry as betting increasingly moves from physical shops to websites and smartphone apps. Paddy Power is owned by Flutter Entertainment, the international gambling group whose brands also include Betfair and Sky Betting & Gaming. In September 2026 Flutter confirmed that up to 100 Paddy Power shops across the UK and Ireland were under review, potentially affecting around 400 jobs. The company cited economic uncertainty, rising operating costs, increased competition and changes to gambling taxation among pressures affecting its retail estate. The review provides a contemporary backdrop to this Liverpool shop and the wider future of bookmakers on British high streets. Gambling taxation has also become an important issue for the sector, with the UK's Remote Gaming Duty increasing from 21% to 40% in April 2026. At the same time, gambling regulation continues to focus on consumer protection, financial risk, safer gambling and measures intended to reduce gambling-related harm. Betting shops remain familiar features of many British town and city centres, particularly around busy shopping and leisure areas, but their role has changed dramatically as customers increasingly place sports and racing bets digitally. The image therefore illustrates more than an individual Paddy Power branch, connecting traditional retail betting with wider themes of digital transformation, smartphone gambling, high-street change, employment, taxation, regulation and retail closures. It also documents the continuing visibility of gambling businesses within Liverpool's city-centre economy at a time when politicians,regulators,communities and the betting industry continue to debate
Paddy Power, 21""“23 Richmond Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 1EE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_6346,Ladbrokes,Ladbrokes betting shop,betting shop,bookmaker,bookies,gambling,sports betting,horse racing,football betting,Lord Street,Liverpool,Liverpool city centre,high street gambling,gambling industry,Entain,betting tax,gambling duty,gaming duty,gambling levy,Gambling Commission,gambling regulation,shopfront,red signage,retail betting,online betting,British gambling,Merseyside,sports gambling,bet builder,gaming machines,bookmaker branch,duty,tax,taxation,broken,rundown,high streets,responsible gambling,hollowed out,bookmakers,gamstop
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FJJ03N - . A Ladbrokes branch on Lord Street in Liverpool, identified by the company's bright red fascia and circular L logo. Betting promotional material is displayed behind the closed frontage, including sports-related offers, placing the established bookmaker firmly within the commercial streetscape of the city centre. Ladbrokes is one of Britain's best-known betting brands and operates as part of the wider Entain group. High-street bookmakers remain a visible element of UK gambling even as a large share of sports betting has migrated to smartphones and online accounts. Physical branches continue to provide over-the-counter betting, gaming machines and live sport-related products while operating under licensing and social-responsibility rules. The image is relevant to editorial coverage of gambling regulation, gambling duties and levies, sports betting, advertising restrictions, problem-gambling policy and the economics of retail bookmakers. It can also illustrate changes to British high streets, where betting shops have often occupied units vacated by other retailers and in turn face pressure from digital competition. The Liverpool location provides a recognisable urban context for discussion of how national gambling companies maintain physical outlets alongside their online businesses. The Lord Street branch is also a useful example of how gambling premises occupy prime pedestrian retail locations rather than peripheral entertainment zones. Its corporate red branding competes visually with fashion, food and financial-service storefronts nearby. That context matters in public-policy discussions about the normalisation and accessibility of gambling, especially when councils, health bodies and national regulators consider licensing, advertising exposure and the concentration of betting premises in particular communities. Its wider editorial applications include Merseyside, sports gambling, bet builder, gaming machines and bookmaker branch.
Ladbrokes, 23 Lord Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 9SA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FJJ03T - Bet David Pluck independent betting shop at 7 Lord Street in Liverpool city centre, displaying the regional bookmaker's distinctive red frontage and advertising for sports betting, racing, games, Bet Builder and in-play betting. David Pluck began in the betting business with a single shop in Widnes in 1980 and has grown into one of Britain's larger independent bookmakers, with a network concentrated across Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and the wider North West. The company says it operates 36 betting licences and remains an independent alternative to major national chains. Its Lord Street premises is registered by the Gambling Commission as a licensed betting shop operated by David Pluck (North West) Limited. The image also illustrates the economics and taxation of Britain's gambling industry at a time of significant tax reform. General Betting Duty on ordinary fixed-odds bets placed in UK betting shops remains 15% of bookmaker profits, calculated broadly from stakes received less winnings paid. Separate changes announced in the 2025 Budget raised Remote Gaming Duty on online casino-style gaming from 21% to 40% from April 2026, while a new 25% rate for most remote betting is due from April 2027. Bets placed through self-service betting terminals in licensed betting premises are excluded from that higher remote rate and remain within the 15% land-based regime. Government said the package was intended to raise additional revenue while limiting the impact on traditional high-street betting. Independent bookmakers have nevertheless warned publicly about the combined pressure of taxation, employment costs, energy bills and regulation on shop economics. David Pluck himself argued in 2025 that further duty increases could threaten high-street betting shops. The Lord Street branch therefore provides a visual record of independent bookmaking, regulated gambling, retail betting and wider debate over taxation, operating costs and the future of Britain's physical b
David Pluck Bookmakers, 7 Lord Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 9SA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,dementia care,adult social care,social care workforce,care staff vacancies,care home staffing,care,care homes,residential,Barchester,healthcare,health,NHS,in the,next Parliament,conference,consensus,speech,Cheshire Grange,crisis,banner,nursing,pay,CQC,older people,budget,tax,skills,career,progression,immigrants,visas,Warrington,expensive,poorly,paid,poor,training,gap
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FE9546 - Barchester Healthcare recruitment banner advertising care assistant vacancies outside Cheshire Grange Care Home on Booths Hill Road, Lymm, Cheshire, England. The sign illustrates the continuing workforce challenge facing adult social care, where providers compete for staff to deliver residential, nursing, dementia and respite services to an ageing population. Skills for Care reported in June 2026 that England's adult social care vacancy rate had fallen to 6.2%, its lowest for a decade, but that still represented about 96,000 vacant posts on any given day and remained around three times the vacancy rate of the wider economy. Recruitment and retention therefore remain central issues for care homes, alongside pay, working conditions, training, career progression and staff wellbeing. The sector has also become more dependent on overseas recruitment in recent years, while immigration rule changes from July 2025 ended new overseas recruitment of care workers and senior care workers through the Health and Care Worker visa route, increasing the focus on domestic recruitment and retaining experienced staff already in Britain. The image gained added political relevance after Prime Minister and Labour leader Andy Burnham used his Labour Party Conference speech on 29 September 2026 to promise a National Care Service in the next Parliament. Burnham described social care as a long-running national failure, praised care workers, criticised low pay and said the proposed service would begin with high-quality care in the home, be free at the point of use and give care workers greater recognition. Labour said the plan would be partly funded by changes to the state pension triple lock from April 2030. Against that national debate, this local recruitment banner shows the practical challenge beneath policy reform: finding, training and keeping enough care assistants to support older and vulnerable people safely and consistently.
Cheshire Grange Care Home, Booths Hill Road, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, WA13 0EG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Admiral Slots,Admiral Casino,Northwich,9 Witton Street,CW9 5DE,gambling,slots,gaming machines,adult gaming centre,casino,amusement arcade,high street,Witton Street,Cheshire,betting,gambling industry,safe place,shopfront,leisure,town centre,retail unit,machine gaming,gambling regulation,British high street,England,UK,retail,British retail,run-down,rundown,slot machine shop,slot machine shops,gaming,duty,when the fun stops,stop,taxes,tax,24 hours,24 hour,amusement,amusements,arcade,arcades,slot
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FD8FCE - . Admiral Slots adult gaming centre on Witton Street, Northwich, stock-photo/gotonysmith-Cheshire.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Cheshire. The blue-fronted adult gaming centre advertises slot-style entertainment from a central high-street unit, an increasingly visible leisure use in some town centres as conventional retail contracts. Northwich is a Cheshire market town whose centre has been repeatedly reshaped by salt-industry subsidence, redevelopment and changing retail patterns. Witton Street remains one of its principal shopping streets, combining older commercial buildings with national chains, banks, salons, convenience shops and leisure businesses. The photograph is useful as a record of the British high street at a time when online shopping, banking closures, rising operating costs, changing consumer habits and town-centre regeneration continue to alter the mix of uses found in traditional retail streets. The location is Admiral Slots, 9 Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 5DE, England. This geographical detail helps distinguish the subject from similar businesses, buildings or scenes elsewhere and gives the photograph stronger value for local, regional and comparative editorial use. The image therefore has value not only for current news features but also for retrospective comparisons of how streets, services, brands and public expectations evolve over time. Details that might seem mundane at the moment of photography can later help date a streetscape or explain how a service was delivered, which is one reason straightforward editorial documentation remains useful to archives and publishers. As an editorial stock image, it also records the typography, branding, materials and street-level visual language of its period, details that can become historically valuable as shops, products and public infrastructure are altered or replaced. This makes the photograph a useful piece of contemporary editorial documentation. The visible details also strengthen its usefulness as documentary stock photography.
Admiral Slots, 9 Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 5DE, England
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4658,barber shop,mens,grooming,Latchford,Warrington,independent,business,high street,haircut,beard,trim,skin,fade,small,shopfront,barber,gold,lettering,barbers,illegal,activity,paying,cash,rates,tax,taxes,rundown,run down,high streets,changing high street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC8995 - . Sam cut barber shopfront with gold lettering is one of the independent barber businesses serving Latchford, a residential district of Warrington. Men's grooming shops have been a notable growth category on British high streets since the 2010s, with many businesses drawing on Turkish, Kurdish, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean barbering styles such as hot-towel shaves, beard shaping and highly finished skin fades. It is important not to infer the proprietor's nationality from appearance alone, but the visual language of contemporary barber shops has become a recognisable part of town-centre and neighbourhood retail. These businesses often occupy compact units, trade long hours and depend heavily on repeat local customers. Their expansion has helped refill premises left by older retail uses while also creating intense competition. The photograph can illustrate independent enterprise, male grooming, migration-influenced retail culture, small-business economics and the changing mix of services on UK high streets. The photograph also fixes the appearance of the place in the mid-2020s, preserving details that may later disappear through redevelopment, rebranding or changes in regulation. It is suitable for editorial use on social history, local identity, consumer behaviour and the way everyday streets respond to wider economic forces. It additionally captures ordinary material culture of 2026, including the graphic design, technology, clothing or infrastructure through which broader trends become visible at street level. For archive users, the frame is a useful factual record of how Sam Cut barber shopfront with gold lettering appeared before later redevelopment, replacement or rebranding altered the scene. Search relevance also extends to barber, documentary photography, local reporting, public policy and mid-2020s social change. The subject provides a concrete visual reference for editors needing a real location rather than a generic illustration of barber.
Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_8117,Port wine,increased duty on alcohol,Britain,UK,port,wine,bottles,duty,alcohol,tax,taxation,retail,prices,government,policy,consumer,spending,shop,display,drinks,spirits,cost,increase,information,sign,alcoholic,beverage,VAT
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3F0RD - . Port wine bottles beside an information sign about increased duty on alcohol, photographed in Britain. Photographed on 26 August 2023. The recorded location is Britain, UK. The notice highlights higher taxation affecting alcoholic drinks and the display is suitable for editorial use on alcohol duty, taxation, retail prices, wine and spirits, government policy, cost increases, off-licence sales and consumer spending. For coastal transport, the historical context is that harbours and ferry ports have shaped coastal communities for centuries, providing sheltered water for fishing, trade and passenger travel
Quays, piers, slipways and terminal buildings record evolving vessel sizes and the transition from cargo handling to modern roll-on roll-off ferry operations. Looking at culinary tradition, the longer history is that restaurants, street vendors and domestic dishes illustrate migration and cultural exchange as much as appetite
Foods once considered specialist can become familiar through travel, supermarkets and changing urban populations. The background to signage is that temporary and permanent notices are valuable social-past evidence because they capture the rules and assumptions of a particular moment, from parking and access to opening times, safety and public-service instructions. For coastal transport, the 2026 context is that ferry reliability, vessel replacement, accessibility and the resilience of island transport remain prominent issues in Scotland and other coastal regions
Port photographs therefore connect tourism and scenic travel with the practical dependence of communities on dependable maritime links. In 2026, culinary tradition remains relevant because hospitality and food retail continue to adapt to higher costs, delivery platforms and changing diets, making older restaurant and product images valuable evidence of consumer trends. Related search language includes working harbour, ferry terminal, and maritime transport.
Britain, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P53BT7 - . Made at Corporation St, Taunton, Somerset, England, UK, TA1 4AH in 2018, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through Mecca Bingo Taunton, Corporation St, Taunton, Somerset, England,Uk, TA1 4AH. A broader reading of the photograph includes everyday life, historical comparison, conservation interest, documentary photography, regional identity, period building, archival record, social history, public realm, period detail, local character, contemporary social history, historic townscape, and historic streetscape. The modern context includes continuing discussion of redevelopment pressure, energy retrofit and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within Corporation St, Taunton, Somerset, England, UK, TA1 4AH at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against conservation work. The surrounding story also includes heritage asset, architectural character, architectural detail, changing streetscape, visual archive, adaptive reuse, period architecture, and built heritage. Elements such as Taunton, Corporation, Mecca, Somerset, and Bingo add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Corporation St, Taunton, Somerset, England, UK, TA1 4AH matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes redevelopment pressure and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility without losing the local specificity of Corporation St, Taunton, Somerset, England, UK, TA1 4AH. The photograph keeps period character as a date-specific reference. The record includes a trace of local identity for later comparison.
Corporation St, Taunton, Somerset, England, UK, TA1 4AH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Hindley,Market Street,Wigan,WN2,gambling,high street,Bet £10,bets,bet,Get £10,offer,free bet,promotions,promotion,payday,harm,harms,addiction,gambling addiction,betting advertising,bookmakers,gambling-related,poverty,debt,dopamine,gambling regulation,safer gambling,Take Time To Think,vulnerable customers,compliance,regulation,betting shop high street,UK,cashing a bet,responsible gambling,tax,raid,gamstop
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EMY4WC - Brightly lit Coral betting shop advert in Hindley town centre, Wigan, Greater Manchester, promoting an Every Friday Bet £10 Get £10 offer. The blue shop-window display uses large white and yellow lettering, a gambling reel graphic and a smaller Take time to think safer-gambling message at the bottom, creating a strong contrast between promotional betting language and responsible gambling warning text. The user-supplied description identifies the scene as a high street gambling advert in Hindley, with the Friday offer presented as a special free-bet promotion, potentially relevant to pay-day gambling habits. The image is useful for editorial coverage of betting shops, high street gambling, free bet stock-photo/gotonysmith-Advertising.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>advertising, sports betting promotions, gambling regulation, gambling harms, addiction risk, consumer protection, debt, financial stress, public health, poverty, town centre decline and the concentration of gambling opportunities in lower-income communities. It can support stories about how gambling marketing appears in everyday shopping streets, how promotional offers may normalise betting as a routine weekly activity, and how bright point-of-sale advertising can sit alongside small safer-gambling messages. Gambling-related harms are recognised as affecting not only individual gamblers but also families, close associates and wider society. Public health evidence links harmful gambling with unemployment and more deprived areas, making this advert especially relevant for features on inequality, poorer communities, vulnerable consumers, household budgets, cost of living pressures and the social impact of betting shop clusters. The photograph has strong stock value for news, public health, local government, consumer affairs, social policy, planning, licensing, debt advice, financial inclusion, addiction support, mental health, welfare and campaigns calling for tighter control of gambling advertising in UK town centres.
Coral Racing Limited, 64 Market Street, Hindley, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN2 3AN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Iran,war,high,Shell,UK,Shell Hapsford MWSA,Chester services,sunny,windfall,tax,sign,unleaded petrol,regular diesel,increase,profits,fuel inflation,cost of living,motoring costs,petrol inflation,diesel inflation,fuel price shock,energy price shock,pump prices,forecourt prices,motorway services pricing,expensive petrol,expensive diesel,household budgets,oil company profits,energy company profits,fossil fuel profits,public anger,consumer pressure,fuel duty,VAT on fuel,Strait of Hormuz,Tehran,petrol pump UK,filling station
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EG4C0E - Shell fuel price sign at Roadchef Chester services on the M56, showing regular unleaded petrol at 182.9p per litre and regular diesel at 197.9p per litre, with Shell Recharge electric vehicle branding below. The image is a strong editorial illustration of high UK petrol and diesel costs following the 2026 oil price shock and the Iran war, as drivers faced much dearer forecourt prices through March and April. The visible contrast between fossil fuel pump prices and EV charging branding makes the photograph useful for stories about motoring costs, energy markets, oil company profits, inflation, consumer pressure, road travel and the difficult transition from petrol and diesel to electric vehicles.
The picture should be used with care rather than as a simple claim that this one forecourt proves national pricing. Motorway services are usually more expensive than local forecourts, and this is a site-specific Shell price board. However, it fits the wider 2026 news context: RAC reporting tracked steep UK pump price rises after the Iran conflict began, while Shell's own first-quarter 2026 results reported adjusted earnings of $6.9 billion and noted unprecedented volatility in commodity prices. The Guardian and other business coverage reported that Shell's first-quarter profits were well ahead of the previous quarter, angering campaigners who described the results as a windfall from soaring energy prices.
The location at Chester services, Junction 14 of the M56, serves traffic between Cheshire, North Wales, Merseyside, Warrington and Greater Manchester. The bright blue sky, Shell logo, large red digital prices, neat forecourt canopy and Shell Recharge panel create a clear, commercially useful image for editorial coverage of expensive fuel, oil price volatility, Iran war impacts, petrol and diesel inflation, cost-of-living pressures, fuel duty debates, energy company profits, motorway pricing, EV transition, public charging and consumer frustration at the pump.
Motorway Shell forecourt sign shows costly unleaded and diesel, with Shell Recharge beside fossil fu
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Renters Rights Act,2026,reform,tenant,renting,landlord,landlords,letting,agent,agency,buy to let,rented,expensive,poor,quality,housing,standards,conditions,property,market,weathered,rogue,licensing,protection,no fault eviction,Section 21,evictions,lets,assured shorthold,tenancy,notice,discrimination,cash cows,tax,raid,on,vacancies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EENJG9 - Weathered Flats to Let vacancy signage on a red brick building, with peeling paint, old lettering, a Barlow nameplate and a bold red vacancy strip, creating a strong editorial image for the private rented sector, buy to let housing, rent reform and the condition of older rental homes in England. The shabby sign and tired frontage suggest low investment, empty flats, hard to let property, poor management, weak maintenance standards and the everyday reality behind some rental listings. It is a useful visual metaphor for the Renters' Rights Act 2025 and the 2026 changes affecting private tenants and landlords in England, including new rights, new landlord responsibilities, stronger tenant protection and greater focus on safe, decent homes. Official government information says the Renters' Rights Act 2025 gives tenants new rights from 1 May 2026 and introduces new rules for private landlords, while Shelter says private tenants have new rights from that date. This photograph has strong search value for PRS, private rented sector, flats to let, vacancy, landlord, letting agent, rent increases, Section 21, no fault eviction, tenancy reform, assured shorthold tenancy, periodic tenancy, poor quality housing, damp homes, housing standards, enforcement, local authority housing teams, tenant rights, landlord licensing, property investment, housing market pressure, unaffordable rents, cost of living, housing shortage, rogue landlords, renters reform and English housing policy. The close crop, old sign, brickwork and no people visible make the image flexible for news, campaign, advice, legal, local authority, housing charity, property market, social policy, blog, magazine and report use. It can illustrate the tension between housing shortage and better regulation, where a vacancy sign may not mean decent, affordable or secure accommodation. Also suitable for empty homes, small landlords, letting boards, urban decay, older conversions and consumer warning features.
Weathered Flats to Let vacancy sign on a brick building, suggesting private rented sector pressures
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H04G0H - . Photographed at Euston,London,stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England in 2016, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The defining feature is Monochrome Euston railway station departure board and concourse, North London, England, UK. Other connected aspects include passenger information, industrial railway, rail corridor, regional identity, public transport stop, period detail, before-and-after reference, everyday life, transport accessibility, roadside transit, contemporary social history, changing land use, railway heritage, and trackside history. For current editorial use, signalling technology and regional connectivity provide additional context, especially through the importance of preserving signal boxes and rolling stock as industrial heritage. Current relevance extends to service frequency and accessibility, particularly through the importance of bus stops as the physical interface with public transport. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around Euston,London,England before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes changing streetscape, public realm, local mobility, historic rolling stock, mechanical signalling, local character, documentary photography, and bus infrastructure. The combination of railway, Monochrome, Euston, station, and board anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Euston,London,England, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is signalling technology and the importance of preserving signal boxes and rolling stock as industrial heritage without losing the local specificity of Euston,London,England. The record includes a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
Euston,London,England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ANMBDY - . This documentary view of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in 2020 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual story.htm Target=_Blank>history rather than an isolated object study. The main subject is Smiling Barman pulling a pint, in a craft beer bar, with many craft beer taps, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Other connected aspects include festival bar service, cask-beer tradition, licensed trade, beer tourism, licensed hospitality, brewing heritage, everyday life, community identity, drinks hospitality, community drinking venue, hand-pulled beer, contemporary social history, place identity, and historic context. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with business rates, consumer spending and the survival of community pubs. For future researchers, the scene fixes a particular stage in the life of the location at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph additionally reflects visual archive, changing streetscape, independent brewing, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, real-ale culture, regional identity, and British brewing tradition. References to craft, Scotland, Edinburgh, Smiling, and Barman help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The period setting at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is business rates and the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing within the specific setting of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The scene further reflects staffing pressure and the survival of community pubs as part of the longer story of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Its period value extends to independent brewing and the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing when considered against later change at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The frame retains a trace of local identity as part of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK's history.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GB,council,vote,voting,ID,electoral,roll,tax,polling,day,2,two,poll,card,British,England,English,Thursday,general,Two,election poll cards,poll card,pool cards,for,election of candidates,candidate,local,district,UK,union,flag,flags,Conservative,Green,ReformUK,Nigel Farage,disillusionment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KMB - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The main point of reference is Two election poll cards, for election of candidates, councillors on a UK union flag. Another layer of the photograph includes period detail, everyday life, small business, historical comparison, regional identity, documentary photography, public realm, specialist shop, specialist retailer, high-street commerce, local history, place identity, archival record, and social history. From a 2025-onward perspective, consumer spending and store closures are closely linked to this subject, alongside the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around the recorded location before replacement signage alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with local enterprise, town-centre trading, contemporary social history, independent retail, street-level business, shopfront economy, changing land use, and customer footfall. Elements such as union, cards, councillors, election, and candidates add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate consumer spending and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for independent business and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of the recorded location. The view records a point of historical comparison for future local research.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Benefits,and,Exchequer,Service,council,inflation,Townhall,East Annexe,Sankey Street,WA1 1UH,expensive,local,election,elections,increase,tax,charges,charge,percentage,high,large,increasing,costs,notice,money,English,England,authority,citizens,maximum,increases,level,levels,limit,limits,chancellor,John Healey,budget
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PNHGXA - . Council tax bill with percentage increases, increasing costs for all local authority citizens, Warrington Revs & Bens, stock-photo/gotonysmith-Cheshire.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UH. Photographed on 19 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is East Annexe, Town Hall, Sankey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UH, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Benefits, Exchequer, Service, council, inflation, Townhall, East Annexe, Sankey Street, WA1 1UH, expensive, local, election, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location.
East Annexe, Town Hall, Sankey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,atlas,letter,letters,word,words,Scot,Scots,parliament,HMRC,reduced,rate,rates,tax,taxation,purchase,taxes,parliaments,the,goods,spelled,out,in,on,a,Great Britain,UK,standard,zero,rated,fiscal,finance,revenue,consumption,services,vat returns,Making Tax Digital,Rachel Reeves,Keir Starmer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWW5R3 - Taken on 18 Sep 2023, this photograph shows VAT the purchase Value Added Tax spelled out in Scrabble letters on a map of Scotland, Great Britain, UK. The location is Scotland, Great Britain, UK. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains a carefully staged close-up of letter tiles arranged as a readable concept phrase, photographed against a map, keyboard, dictionary page, coins or other context props rather than a plain studio background. Value Added Tax is a core UK consumption-tax subject, useful for business, retail, public-finance, household-cost and Making Tax Digital themes. The image can be used as a clear editorial, blog or report illustration where a concept needs to be shown visually without using a person, organisation logo or staged office scene. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Value Added Tax, VAT, Scrabble, map, maps, Scotland, Scottish, Holyrood, spelt, taxed, atlas, letter, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting.
Scotland, Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,atlas,letter,letters,word,words,HMRC,reduced,rate,rates,tax,taxation,purchase,taxes,Wales,Welsh,parliament,parliaments,the,goods,spelled,out,in,on,a,Great Britain,UK,standard,zero,rated,fiscal,finance,revenue,consumption,services,vat returns,Making Tax Digital,Rachel Reeves,Keir Starmer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWW5R6 - Taken on 18 Sep 2023, this photograph shows VAT the purchase Value Added Tax spelled out in Scrabble letters on a map of England, Great Britain, UK. The location is England, Great Britain, UK. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains a carefully staged close-up of letter tiles arranged as a readable concept phrase, photographed against a map, keyboard, dictionary page, coins or other context props rather than a plain studio background. Value Added Tax is a core UK consumption-tax subject, useful for business, retail, public-finance, household-cost and Making Tax Digital themes. The image can be used as a clear editorial, blog or report illustration where a concept needs to be shown visually without using a person, organisation logo or staged office scene. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Value Added Tax, VAT, Scrabble, map, maps, English, London, spelt, taxed, atlas, letter, letters, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. This makes the image useful for comparison pieces, then-and-now features, local news, regeneration stories and plain-English explainers aimed at a general audience. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history,.
England, Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,drinking,drink,record,tax,increase,chancellor,of,the,exchequer,Church St,Warrington,Cheshire,England,WA1 2TF,after,Brexit,post,Tories,Conservatives,under,government,Sainsburys,Sainsbury,store,stores,supermarket,on,brandy,cognac,and,other,spirits,wines,wine,info,sign,shelves,labels
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RMMPBY - Following the UK's Spring Budget announcement on 15th March 2023, the drinks and hospitality industry are preparing for the upcoming changes to alcohol duty “ which will take effect on 1st August 2023. Draught products will receive additional relief, while duty on other alcohol products is set to rise in line with inflation.
According to WSTA, the forecast inflation rate of 10.1% is being used as the measure for increasing duty rates on all non-draught products, but will be adjusted according to alcohol content. In simple terms, the higher the alcohol per volume (ABV), the higher the new duty rate will be.
Duty changes in line with ABV
While some products have previously been measured on volume only “ such as still wine and cider “ from 1st August all alcohol products will be measured by alcohol volume or ABV.
What does this mean for beer?
Draught beer and cider products are protected by a 9.2% discount offered on items in 20ltr containers that are less than 8.5% and use a dispense system, meaning that, for example, the duty on a 50ltr 4% lager will not change.
However, the standard rate of duty on packaged beer that is 3.5% ABV and above will rise by 10.1%. This will increase the price of a 24 pack of 330ml 4.5% lager by £0.69p per case.
What does this mean for wine?
Most wine will see an increase of £0.44 per 75cl bottle, or a 20% increase in the duty paid (£2.67 vs the current £2.23). This increase will apply to wines with an ABV between 11.5% and 14.5%.
Wines with an ABV above 15% will see a duty increase of £0.97 (+44%) per 75cl bottle, and this increase gets bigger the higher the alcohol percentage “ duty on fortified wines of +20% ABV will go up by £1.30 to £4.28 per 75cl bottle.
On the other hand, wine under 11.5% ABV will be treated more favourably. Duty on wine at 10% ABV, for example, will be £0.09 less than the current rate (at £2.14 per 75cl bottle).
Further abolishment of separate duty rates for sparkling and still wine
Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJW6WJ - Ladbrokes Coral is a British gambling company founded in 1886. Its product offering includes sports betting, online casino, online poker, and online bingo. The Ladbrokes portion of the group was established in 1886, and Coral in 1926. In November 2016, the companies merged to create Ladbrokes Coral Group. Since March 2018, it has been owned by Entain (formerly GVC Holdings). Prior to its sale, Ladbrokes Coral was listed on the London Stock Exchange, and was a member of the FTSE 250 Index.
The company was founded by Messrs. Schwind and Pennington in 1886, as commission agents for horses trained at Ladbroke Hall in Warwickshire. The name Ladbrokes was adopted in 1902, when Arthur Bendir joined the partnership, and operations were moved to London
In December 2018, Ladbrokes paid victims £1 million in compensation after it was disclosed that a problem gambler had been stealing funds from his business clients to fund his habit. The payments were made on the condition that the victims did not report the operator to the UK Gambling Commission, the regulatory body in charge of monitoring all gambling in the United Kingdom.
On 31 July 2019, the UK Gambling Commission announced that Ladbrokes Coral would pay £5.9m for past failings in anti-money laundering and social responsibility. An investigation found that the companies failed to put in place effective safeguards, to prevent consumers suffering gambling harm and against money laundering, between November 2014 and October 2017
Unit 19, Central Station Shopping Centre, 26 Ranelagh St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, L1 1QE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,PSV,licence,226776,Oct,1965,MXX340,bus,single,decker,deck,tax,disk,65,taxed,vehicles,history,historic,vehicle,West Bromwich,Corporation,Transport,West Midlands,England,UK,B71 1AR,B71,Vehicle Excise Duty,VED,displayed,road,disks,tax disk,taxdisk,tax disks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2N8KM2Y - Vehicle Excise Duty (VED
also known as vehicle tax, car tax, and more controversially as road tax, and formerly as a tax disc) is an annual tax that is levied as an excise duty and which must be paid for most types of powered vehicles which are to be used (or parked) on public roads in the United Kingdom. Registered vehicles that are not being used or parked on public roads and which have been taxed since 31 January 1998, must be covered by a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) to avoid VED. In 2016, VED generated approximately £6 billion for the Exchequer.
A vehicle tax was first introduced in Britain in 1888. In 1920, an excise duty was introduced that was specifically applied to motor vehicles
initially it was hypothecated (ring-fenced or earmarked) for road construction and paid directly into a special Road Fund. After 1937, this reservation of vehicle revenue for roads was ended, and instead the revenue was paid into the Consolidated Fund “ the general pot of money held by government. Since then, maintenance of the UK road network has been funded out of general taxation, of which VED is a part
West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, UK, B71 1AR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,rail,transport,mainline,main line,bronze,art,artwork,famous,with,L1 1JD,Lime St,by,artist,Kenneth Arthur Dodd,OBE,concourse,metal,scouse,scouser,standup,stand-up,feather duster,tax,case,evasion,Knotty ash,knottyAsh,Liverpudlian,music hall tradition,Chance Meeting,Tom Murphy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M95NEM - The legendary Liverpudlian comedian Sir Ken Dodd was a star of stage and screen for more than 70 years. Famed for his tickling sticks, wild hair and buck teeth, he was an entertainer in the music hall tradition, with some of his live shows going on for hours after their supposed finishing time. A master of the one-liner, he was also a successful singer. Dodd worked his beloved Knotty Ash into his routines, telling stories about the Diddymen and the jam-butty mines. He was tried for tax evasion in 1989 and was acquitted, typically then introducing himself on stage as a 'failed accountant'. Ken became Sir Ken when he was made a Knight in the 2017 New Year's Honours list. He passed away aged 90 on March 11 2018, just two days after he married his beloved Anne.
Lime Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L1 1JD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M95NF1 - The legendary Liverpudlian comedian Sir Ken Dodd was a star of stage and screen for more than 70 years. Famed for his tickling sticks, wild hair and buck teeth, he was an entertainer in the music hall tradition, with some of his live shows going on for hours after their supposed finishing time. A master of the one-liner, he was also a successful singer. Dodd worked his beloved Knotty Ash into his routines, telling stories about the Diddymen and the jam-butty mines. He was tried for tax evasion in 1989 and was acquitted, typically then introducing himself on stage as a 'failed accountant'. Ken became Sir Ken when he was made a Knight in the 2017 New Year's Honours list. He passed away aged 90 on March 11 2018, just two days after he married his beloved Anne.
Lime Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L1 1JD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Warrington,WA4 6NJ,WA4,England,UK,South Warrington,WA4 6HR,advice,property,crisis,Bridgfords,promoting,selling,investment,in,agent,flat,purchase,to,tax,costs,stamp duty,profitability,portfolio,rising rents,increasing,rents,mortgage,investing,Northern Powerhouse,become a landlord,landlords,needed,market,renters rights act,rent freeze,slump,tax raid
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3J7AH - This documentary stock photograph shows the front window of Bridgfords estate agents in Stockton Heath, south Warrington, Cheshire, filled with repeated orange advertising boards promoting buy-to-let investment. The visible wording, including Buy-to-let investment and For you and your future , makes the image useful for editorial features on landlords, private rented housing, property investment, lettings, estate agency marketing, mortgage advice and the changing economics of the UK rental market. The picture also works well as a visual shorthand for buy-to-let as a business model, the appeal of bricks-and-mortar investment, pension planning through property, rental demand in commuter suburbs and the risks and responsibilities faced by small landlords. The reflected street scene adds local context, showing this as a real high-street agency window rather than a staged advertising image. Stockton Heath is a sought-after village suburb south of Warrington, with shops, restaurants and services clustered around London Road and the Market Square area. Bridgfords lists its Stockton Heath branch at 66-70 London Road, Warrington, WA4 6HR, and describes it as handling residential sales, lettings and mortgage advice, with window displays aimed at passing traffic. The image can support articles about the private rented sector, landlord regulation, letting agents, housing affordability, investment yields, mortgage costs, tenancy reform, second homes, property portfolios, local housing markets, town-centre estate agents, suburban Cheshire property, and the relationship between owner occupation, renting and investment. The overcast daylight, window reflections and closely repeated posters give the photograph a candid, observational feel, suitable for business, finance, housing policy, local news, property market, consumer advice and social commentary use.
Stockton Heath, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6HR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,WA1,1-2 Union St,WA1 2AN,1-2,Slots,Casino,online,cash,high street,FOBT,FOBTs,addiction,danger,dangers,game,games,Novomatic,brand,licensed online casino,licensed,venue,venues,Luxury Leisure,Greentube group,when the fun stops,stop,Statutory Gambling Levy,white paper,review,walk in,Peers for Gambling Reform,gambleaware,tax
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBDH - Novomatic operates Admiral Casino in the United Kingdom, a brand that includes a licensed online casino, as well as a chain of more than 200 gambling venues in the UK operated by Luxury Leisure. Its online casino includes slots, jackpot games, roulette, blackjack, table games, and live casino. Luxury Leisure is owned by Greentube Alderney Limited, part of the Greentube group, which in turn is owned by Novomatic.
In 2014, Novomatic acquired Luxury Leisure, which operated seaside amusement arcades and other venues. In June 2016, Novomatic bought the UK gambling company Talarius, which operated the Quicksilver high street gambling outlets, from the Tatts Group. These retail gambling arcades were combined and rebranded as Admiral.
In 2018, Greentube Alderney launched the Admiral-branded online casino, AdmiralCasino.co.uk.
Admiral Casino is licensed to operate a remote gaming business in the United Kingdom from the UK Gambling Commission. Admiral Casino is licensed[25] and regulated by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) (GCB).
1-2 Union St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2AN
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Keywords: HotpixUK,eJuice,e-Cigs,cig,cigs,electronic,cigarettes,store,shop,high street,neon,shops,addiction,giving up,smoking,safe,supplying,dealer,bad,habit,habits,e cigarettes,e vapour,dangers,of,ad,advertising,products,Big Tobacco,tobacco,nicotine,unhealthy,brands,tax,campaign,low-community-benefit businesses,closing,vape shops,illegal,illicit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K7NBJX - A vape shop is a retail outlet specializing in the selling of electronic cigarette products. There are also online vape shops. A vape shop offers a range of e-cigarette products. The majority of vape shops do not sell e-cigarette products that are from Big Tobacco companies. In 2013, online search engine searches on vape shops surpassed searches on e-cigarettes. Around a third of all sales of e-cigarette products take place in vape shops. Big Tobacco believes the independent e-cigarette market is a threat to their interests.
Effective August 8, 2016, under the Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) rules, a vape shop that mixes or prepares e-liquids, or makes or modifies any kind of e-cigarettes, is regulated as a tobacco product manufacturer. The US FDA acknowledged that many vape shops will go out of business, but they also state many will stay open, despite hefty costs. Vape shop owner Joe Baba in the US believes a ban on public vaping might put several vape shops out of business because taste-testing would be prohibited. The revised EU Tobacco Products Directive came into effect May 2016 which regulates the sale and marketing of e-cigarettes. Small business owners are concerned that the regulations will make e-cigarettes less interesting to consumers and that this means a downturn of their business
By 2014 all the major multinational tobacco companies had entered the e-cigarette market. They did so either by buying existing e-cigarette companies (including Ruyan, the original Chinese e-cigarette company, which was bought by Imperial Tobacco) or by developing their own products. Although there continue to be independently owned vape shops, from economic and political perspectives the e-cigarette business is now part of the traditional tobacco industry. The smaller operators, who are independent sellers of e-cigarettes (so-called vape shops), are losing market share to the large tobacco companies
York, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@hotpixUK,England,UK,YO22 4JT,North East,Yorkshire,step,hill,steps,cottages,travel,tourist,tourism,church,port,looking,tourists,view,accommodation,second,home,homes,holiday,council,tax,increased,local,locals,B&B,Bed and Breakfast,airB&B,problem,problems,town,village,Dracula,UK holidays,surge
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3ECM3 - This image, taken on 25 Sep 2022, records East Cliff steps up to the Whitby Abbey ruins and down to the harbour - Whitby, Scarborough Council, North East Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4JT. The thumbnail has been used to shape the wording around the actual visual emphasis, including whether the frame is a close-up, a street view, a building elevation, a museum object, a sign, a waterway scene or a wider local context. Whitby Abbey is one of England's most recognisable coastal ruins, strongly linked with monastic history, tourism, cliff-top views, gothic imagination and the wider cultural memory of the Yorkshire coast. For stock photography use, the value is in the precise subject: East Cliff steps up to the Whitby Abbey ruins and down to the harbour - Whitby, Scarborough Council, North East Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4JT. It can support articles and publications about parish church history, stained glass research, religious art, genealogy, local families, Anglican heritage, memorial inscriptions, church tourism, architectural detail, conservation, as well as more specific searches using Whitby, North East Yorkshire, Scarborough Council, harbour, abbey, Eastcliff, East Cliff, YO22, walking, down, YO22 4JT, North East, Yorkshire, step, hill, steps, cottages, travel. The composition also gives space for tighter crops, captions, web thumbnails, report illustrations and social media use, while the Alamy reference 2K3ECM3 and the row caption help connect the image to a real place rather than a vague concept. The picture can be used by writers covering heritage, conservation, planning, tourism, retail, transport, public services, nostalgia, local identity, architectural survival, industrial change and the way familiar objects or buildings continue to carry meaning in modern Britain.
East Cliff, Whitby, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H542A5 - Cable theft costs millions of pounds each year. The total cost to the economy, taking into account the impact of freight delays to power stations, supermarkets etc and on passengers who miss appointments or have their day ruined, is even higher.
The theft of metal is a big problem for the railway as thieves target signalling cables, overhead power lines and even metal fences to sell for scrap.
Britain's rail network is designed to fail safe, which means that when a cable is cut trains are brought to a standstill. This protects passengers but can lead to lengthy, frustrating delays while the problem is found and fixed safely.
A large proportion of funding comes from the UK Government, so these thefts are, ultimately, costing taxpayers money.
Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR637 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DCE9NR - Vintage-style Real Ale advertising poster displayed inside a bar or traditional public house. The colourful retro artwork features a large illustrated pint glass filled with amber ale beneath the slogan Traditionally the finest , with the words Real Ale in bold black lettering. A second nostalgic slogan reads, You know it's good for you! The weathered surface, aged typography and simple blue, cream and red design evoke historic British brewery advertising and the longstanding culture of cask-conditioned beer.
The image has contemporary editorial relevance following Labour Prime Minister Andy Burnham's July 2026 announcement of an additional 20 percent reduction in business-rates bills for eligible pubs, social clubs and live music venues in England from the 2027“28 financial year. The government estimated that nearly 32,000 venues would benefit, with a typical pub saving approximately £1,100 during the first year. The package was valued at around £100 million annually and followed earlier support for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors.
Ministers presented the measure as a means of reducing costs, encouraging investment and helping protect businesses regarded as important to local high streets and communities. Business-rates relief alone cannot remove every pressure faced by publicans, including staffing, energy, supplies, rent, taxation, changing drinking habits and reduced consumer spending. However, lower property-tax bills may provide additional financial headroom, particularly for smaller independent pubs and grassroots venues.
The poster provides an effective conceptual image for reporting about the decline of the British pub, real ale culture, hospitality taxation, pub closures, business-rates reform and attempts to preserve valued community venues. It may also illustrate campaigns supporting traditional breweries, cask beer, local nightlife, licensed premises, high-street recovery and the social importance of pubs and music venues.
England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CA97J4 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the United Kingdom and its related territories, denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP [Great Britain pound]).
Sterling banknotes are official currency in the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Tristan da Cunha in St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. One pound is equivalent to 100 pence. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England has a monopoly of banknote issuance in England and Wales but, for historic reasons, three banks in Scotland and four banks in Northern Ireland are permitted to issue their own currency “ but the law requires that the issuing banks hold a sum of Bank of England banknotes (or gold) equivalent to the total value of notes issued. Versions of the pound sterling issued by Crown dependencies and other areas are regulated only by local governments and not the Bank of England.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Daresbury,summer,July 2011,showman,steam,engine,Cheshire Pride,Edwin Foden,tax,taxed,licensed,showmans engine,traction engine,traction,Foden Wagon,8304,1918,BY 7646,BY7646,pride,history,historic,heritage,fair,display,event,English,British,engineering,maker,makers,engines,rollers,roller,Fodens,Crewe
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BXPYHK - . This carefully observed view of Cheshire, England, UK fixes a specific place, use and moment for later historical comparison. The scene records Foden Cheshire Pride, BY7646, showmans steam engine, Daresbury, summer, July 2011, Cheshire, England, UK. The wider scene also brings together social landscape, heritage asset, urban fabric, built heritage, architectural contrast, built environment, architectural character, period detail, traditional masonry, documentary photography, archival record, before-and-after reference, contemporary history, and historic townscape. For contemporary context, maintenance and heritage conservation are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes preserving local identity during urban change. Small period details of transport arrangements and public activity at Cheshire, England, UK may become more significant with time, especially following later redevelopment. Further associations include community identity, visual archive, cityscape history, period building, local history, regional identity, conservation interest, and public realm. Details involving BY7646, Daresbury, Pride, engine, and steam make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Cheshire, England, UK, apparently routine features can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar street details disappear. Its period value extends to maintenance and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the real-world context of Cheshire, England, UK. The location additionally provides evidence for embodied carbon and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development within the specific setting of Cheshire, England, UK. A further contemporary connection is energy retrofit and preserving local identity during urban change as part of the longer story of Cheshire, England, UK.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Daresbury,summer,July 2011,showman,steam,engine,Cheshire Pride,Edwin Foden,tax,taxed,licensed,showmans engine,traction engine,traction,Foden Wagon,8304,1918,BY 7646,BY7646,pride,history,historic,heritage,fair,display,event,English,British,engineering,maker,makers,engines,rollers,roller,Fodens,Crewe
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BXPYHR - . This scene at Cheshire, England, UK documents an everyday subject with wider connections to local identity, social history and changing patterns of use. The defining feature is Foden Cheshire Pride, BY7646, showmans steam engine, Daresbury, summer, July 2011, Cheshire, England, UK. A wider reading of the photograph includes social history, historical comparison, architectural character, everyday Britain, heritage asset, visual archive, built environment, regional identity, built heritage, period detail, urban fabric, local character, community identity, and place identity. The present-day relevance extends to planning control and adaptive reuse, while a wider concern is using existing buildings rather than demolishing them. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape and surrounding development at Cheshire, England, UK, details that may look very different after later redevelopment. Other connected aspects are cityscape history, urban change, before-and-after reference, architectural contrast, changing streetscape, conservation interest, archival record, and heritage landmark. Details involving summer, steam, Daresbury, showmans, and engine make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Cheshire, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The wider significance includes planning control and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development within the specific setting of Cheshire, England, UK. Another strand within the photograph is embodied carbon and using existing buildings rather than demolishing them as part of the longer story of Cheshire, England, UK. The scene retains a connection with adaptive reuse and preserving local identity during urban change when considered against later change at Cheshire, England, UK.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,West Of Glasgow,West of Scotland,UK,dusk,night,night time,tail of the bank,Inverclyde Council,buildings,Historic,history,historic building,custom house port,port,Customhouse Quay,Clyde,Clydeside,Greenockians,historic,evening,tax,inland,revenue,taxation,shore,harbourside,harbour,town,centre,Greenocks,house,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AR6YK1 - In 1714 Greenock became a custom house port as a branch of Port Glasgow, and for a period this operated from rooms leased in Greenock. Receipts rose rapidly with the expansion of colonial trade, and in 1778 the custom house moved to new built premises at the West Quay of the harbour.
By 1791 a new pier was constructed at the East Quay. In 1812 Europe's first steamboat service was introduced by PS Comet with frequent sailings between Glasgow, Greenock and Helensburgh, and as trade built up the pier became known as Steamboat Quay. The custom house needed larger premises, and in May 1817 the foundation stone was laid at the quay for a Custom House building designed by William Burn, which was completed in 1818. Its gracious neoclassical architecture features a Grecian Doric portico looking out over the quayside, which was given the name Customhouse Quay. In 1828 the Custom House was praised as a grand National Structure in the highest style of elegance. By then there were scheduled steamboat sailings to Belfast, Londonderry, Liverpool, Inverness, Campbeltown, the Hebrides and all the principal places in the Highlands.
The Custom House underwent extensive refurbishment which was completed in 1989 and, until closure of the building in 2010, housed a customs and excise museum which was open to the public. In June 2008 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced that the building would close in 2011 as part of a rationalisation project with any jobs being transferred to offices in Glasgow, and despite a campaign to oppose these plans, the building closed in August 2010.
Riverside Inverclyde arranged further refurbishment works, and in 2013 announced that space had already been let to companies including PG Paper Company Ltd and Toshiba which had planning permission to form meeting rooms and an executive office in the building. Greenock Telegraph estimated that £4.1 million has been spent over 5-year period for the renovation works
Custom House Quay, Greenock, Inverclyde,
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,West Of Glasgow,West of Scotland,UK,dusk,night,night time,tail of the bank,Inverclyde Council,buildings,Historic,history,historic building,custom house port,port,Customhouse Quay,Clyde,Clydeside,Greenockians,historic,evening,tax,inland,revenue,taxation,shore,harbourside,harbour,town,centre,Greenocks,house,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AR6YK7 - In 1714 Greenock became a custom house port as a branch of Port Glasgow, and for a period this operated from rooms leased in Greenock. Receipts rose rapidly with the expansion of colonial trade, and in 1778 the custom house moved to new built premises at the West Quay of the harbour.
By 1791 a new pier was constructed at the East Quay. In 1812 Europe's first steamboat service was introduced by PS Comet with frequent sailings between Glasgow, Greenock and Helensburgh, and as trade built up the pier became known as Steamboat Quay. The custom house needed larger premises, and in May 1817 the foundation stone was laid at the quay for a Custom House building designed by William Burn, which was completed in 1818. Its gracious neoclassical architecture features a Grecian Doric portico looking out over the quayside, which was given the name Customhouse Quay. In 1828 the Custom House was praised as a grand National Structure in the highest style of elegance. By then there were scheduled steamboat sailings to Belfast, Londonderry, Liverpool, Inverness, Campbeltown, the Hebrides and all the principal places in the Highlands.
The Custom House underwent extensive refurbishment which was completed in 1989 and, until closure of the building in 2010, housed a customs and excise museum which was open to the public. In June 2008 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced that the building would close in 2011 as part of a rationalisation project with any jobs being transferred to offices in Glasgow, and despite a campaign to oppose these plans, the building closed in August 2010.
Riverside Inverclyde arranged further refurbishment works, and in 2013 announced that space had already been let to companies including PG Paper Company Ltd and Toshiba which had planning permission to form meeting rooms and an executive office in the building. Greenock Telegraph estimated that £4.1 million has been spent over 5-year period for the renovation works
Custom House Quay, Greenock, Inverclyde,
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@Hotpixuk,railway Station,Royal,town,West Midlands,England,Midlands,train,trains,public transport,station,rail,railway,dusk,painted,sign,white,white paint,phrase,command,tube,platform,platforms,Bills,outgoings,income,difference,economy,Fiscal,Budget,chancellor,Autumn Statement,economic,outlook,tax,borrowing,cost,costs,benefits,services
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AND2PD - Mind the gap is an audible or visual warning phrase issued to rail passengers to take caution while crossing the horizontal, and in some cases vertical, spatial gap between the train door and the station platform.
The phrase was first introduced in 1968 on the London Underground in the United Kingdom. It is today popularly associated with the UK among tourists because of the particularly British word choice (this meaning of the verb mind has largely fallen into disuse in the US).
The phrase Mind the gap was coined in around 1968 for a planned automated announcement, after it had become impractical for drivers and station attendants to warn passengers. London Underground chose digital recording using solid state equipment with no moving parts. As data storage capacity was expensive, the phrase had to be short. A concise warning was also easier to paint onto the platform.
The equipment was supplied by AEG Telefunken. According to the Independent on Sunday, sound engineer Peter Lodge, who owned Redan Recorders in Bayswater, working with a Scottish Telefunken engineer, recorded an actor reading Mind the gap and Stand clear of the doors please, but the actor insisted on royalties and the phrases had to be re-recorded. Lodge read the phrases to line up the recording equipment for level and those were used.
While Lodge's recording is still in use, some lines use other recordings. One was recorded by voice artist Emma Clarke. Others, on the Piccadilly line for example, were by Archers actor Tim Bentinck for 15 years, but are now by Julie Berry. At least 10 stations were supplied with announcers manufactured by PA Communications Ltd. of Milton Keynes. The recorded voice is that of Keith Wilson, their industrial sales manager at the time (May 1990). It can still be heard, at Paddington for example.
In March 2013, an old Mind the gap recording by the actor Oswald Laurence was restored to the curved northbound platform at Embankment station on the Northern line s
Station Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,North West England,HMRC,tax,form,annual,overdue tax return,uk,paper,October,Paper filing deadline,online filing deadline,Penalty,HM,revenue,customs,interest,dividends,P60,tax paid,pad,underpaid,rebate,UK Tax Return,Tax Return 2018,Tax Return 2019,HM Revenue and Customs,Tax Return letter,paper filing deadline,HM Revenue & Customs,Tax Return form,letter,annual tax return,penalties,Rachel Reeves,Keir Starmer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X78 - . An on-location image places on record the visible identity of the recorded location, in a scene preserved from 2019. The described feature is HMRC HM Revenue and Customs Tax Return letter and form, paper filing deadline, England, UK. Other aspects of the setting include documentary photography, documentary record, regional identity, everyday Britain, urban and rural change, social landscape, modern history, cultural landscape, place and memory, community life, social context, and contemporary social history. In the mid-2020s, community change is increasingly discussed through changing use and business turnover, with attention turning to preservation of everyday detail. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at the recorded location, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves, specifically in relation to HMRC HM Revenue and Customs Tax Return letter and form. The surrounding story includes everyday infrastructure, changing Britain, place-based history, local identity, public realm, local character. Further recorded details include dreaded tax return, deadline January, HM Revenue & Customs, PAYE, Self assessment, Tax form. Current debate around community change often combines new technology, changing use and the practical challenge of a clearer record of local change. For future comparison, the scene preserves regional identity, public-realm details, local business activity, the condition of buildings, and patterns of everyday use at this precise location. Viewed retrospectively, the photograph can reveal local character, public activity, period design, changes of use, and the appearance of the built environment within the surrounding area. That gives this view of the recorded location continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison, specifically in relation to HMRC HM Revenue and Customs Tax Return letter and form.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,North West England,HMRC,tax,form,annual,overdue tax return,uk,paper,October,Paper filing deadline,online filing deadline,Penalty,HM,revenue,customs,interest,dividends,P60,tax paid,pad,underpaid,rebate,UK Tax Return,Tax Return 2018,Tax Return 2019,HM Revenue and Customs,Tax Return letter,paper filing deadline,HM Revenue & Customs,Tax Return form,letter,annual tax return,penalties,Rachel Reeves,Keir Starmer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X79 - . A place-specific photograph documents the visible identity of the recorded location, as photographed in 2019. The documentary focus is HMRC HM Revenue and Customs Tax Return letter and form, paper filing deadline, England, UK. The photograph carries associations with social context, modern history, visual record, documentary record, local character, community life, cultural landscape, place and memory, community environment, changing Britain, everyday Britain, and social landscape. The wider contemporary story of community change now includes shifts in local identity alongside altered public space, while policy and investment increasingly consider stronger archival comparison. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at the recorded location, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves, specifically in relation to HMRC HM Revenue and Customs Tax Return letter and form. The view also records themes involving regional identity, everyday infrastructure, public realm, contemporary social history, local identity, documentary photography. The scene is further associated with dreaded tax return, deadline January, HM Revenue & Customs, PAYE, Self assessment, Tax form. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, everyday local life also connects with the passage of time, altered public space and efforts aimed at before-and-after study. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for everyday services, historic fabric, planning and redevelopment, movement through the area, and social change as part of the area's longer social history. In historical comparison, the image can help trace architecture and streetscape, transport patterns, neighbourhood identity, public access, and ownership or occupation without relying on a generic or reconstructed view. The view additionally fixes local character in the recorded location for future researchers.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,NY,NYC,New York,New York City,City,Centre,City Centre,street,USA,United states of America,United States,Brooklyn,beach,resort,Borough Of Brooklyn,peninsular,leisure,entertainment,tourist,tourism,destination,run down,rundown,dilapidated,seaside resort,seaside,US,Fred,Trump,Thor Equities,parks,NYC Parks,type two diabetes,food,overweight,tax,Sugar Tax
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9PJ - Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on Long Island's southern shore, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The residential portion of the peninsula is a community of 60,000 people in its western part, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, the Lower Bay to the south, and Gravesend to the north.
Coney Island was originally part of the colonial town of Gravesend. By the mid-19th century, it became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, amusement parks were also built at the location. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and following years of neglect. The area was revitalized with the opening of the MCU Park in 2001 and several amusement rides in the 2010s.
Stillwell Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn,New York, NY, USA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,vintage motorcycle,vintage,old,motorbike,motocycle,motor bike,motor cycle,road,tax,duty,disk,March 77,Scott,Scott Shipley,tax disk march 1977,blue,Vintage Motorbike,Vintage Motorbike with taxdisk,Vintage Motorbike with tax disk,MAR77 tax disk,MAR77 taxdisk,DVLA,Mar1977,engine,machine,engines,bike,bikes,licenced,licence,77,1970s,historic,history
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PCTA8B - . A carefully observed scene preserves the everyday reality of England, Great Britain , UK, in a photograph originating in 2018. The frame is associated with Vintage Motorbike with March 1977 (MAR77) DVLA tax duty disk. Further features of the subject include traditional building, roadside commerce, vehicle access, architectural detail, road connectivity, transport corridor, highway services, architectural character, urban conservation, urban mobility, local transport, and motorway travel. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, place and memory also connects with redevelopment, the passage of time and efforts aimed at preservation of everyday detail. The wider contemporary story of period streetscapes now includes planning control alongside conservation of original fabric, while policy and investment increasingly consider keeping older buildings useful. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at England, Great Britain , UK, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The view also records themes involving historic environment, road safety, historic townscape, highway infrastructure, historic built environment, motor traffic. Other local associations include CVY948, tax disk, road duty, taxdisk, road tax duty disk, Scott of Shipley. Further aspects present in the subject include urban fabric, architectural heritage, traffic management, period architecture, adaptive reuse, built heritage, strategic road network, surface transport, local landmark, and roadside environment. Modern coverage of social history frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of redevelopment, business turnover and preservation of everyday detail. For future comparison, the scene preserves community life, physical infrastructure, commercial identity, local continuity, and signage and branding at this precise location.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonysmith,@HotpixUK,BIC,Ten Pound Walk,England,UK,GB,Yorkshire,Doncaster BIC,interior,Welcome to,Business park,Innovation,Innovation park,incubator,small,business,startup,start-ups,Small business Innovation,affordable,flexible,office,offices,business space,A1,M18,Donny,Business Location,Room,rooms,Doncaster MBC,Council,Doncaster Council,incentives,tax,break,DBIC,Reception,work
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM9A1T - . Made at Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4, UK in 2018, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through Doncaster BIC Business Innovation Centre, South Yorkshire, Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4 5HX , England. The wider scene also brings together street-level business, independent retail, customer footfall, town-centre economy, commercial streetscape, specialist retailer, before-and-after reference, retail property, changing land use, commercial frontage, community identity, period detail, archival record, and local history. Current relevance extends to business rates and online shopping, particularly through how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4, UK before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include documentary photography, shopfront economy, regional identity, visual archive, high-street commerce, place identity, local trading, and historical comparison. The combination of Doncaster, Innovation, Centre, Business, and Pound anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects business rates and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4, UK. Its period value extends to footfall and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy within the specific setting of Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4, UK. The frame retains a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4, UK
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TA - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TC - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TG - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TK - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TP - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TX - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5WE - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5WX - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR62J - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR644 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR64G - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR64K - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR64P - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
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The word 'twelve' is the largest number with a single-morpheme name in English. Etymology suggests that 'twelve' (similar to 'eleven') arises from the Germanic compound twalif 'two-leftover', so a literal translation would yield 'two remaining [after having ten taken]'. This compound meaning may have been transparent to speakers of Old English, but the modern form 'twelve' is quite opaque. Only the remaining tw- hints that twelve and two are related.
A group of twelve things is called a duodecad. The ordinal adjective is duodenary, twelfth. The adjective referring to a group consisting of twelve things is duodecuple.
The number twelve is often used as a sales unit in trade, and is often referred to as a dozen. Twelve dozen are known as a gross. (Note that there are thirteen items in a baker's dozen.). the expression 'baker's dozen' dates to the 13th century in one of the earliest English statutes, instituted during the reign of Henry III (1216\u20131272), called the Assize of Bread and Ale. Bakers who were found to have shortchanged customers (some variations say that they would sell hollow bread) could be subject to severe punishment. To guard against the punishment of losing a hand to an axe, a baker would give 13 for the price of 12, to be certain of not being known as a cheat. Specifically, the practice of baking 13 items for an intended dozen was insurance against 'short measure', on the basis that one of the 13 could be lost, eaten, burnt, or ruined in some way, leaving the baker with the original legal dozen. The practice can be seen in the guild codes of the Worshipful Company of Bakers in London.
Force 12 on the Beaufort wind force scale corresponds to the maximum wind speed of a hurricane. The duodenum (from Latin duodecim, 'twelve') is the first part of the small intestine, that is about twelve inches (30 cm) long. More precisely, this section of the intestine was measured not in inches but in fingerwidths. In fact, in German the name of the duodenum is Zw\u00f6lffingerdarm and in Dutch the name is twaalfvingerige darm, both meaning 'twelve-finger bowel'.
The importance of 12 in Judaism and Christianity can be found in the Bible. The biblical Jacob had 12 sons, who were the progenitors of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, while the New Testament describes twelve apostles of Jesus
when Judas Iscariot was disgraced, a meeting was held (Acts) to add Matthias to complete the number twelve once more. (Today, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.). In Orthodox Judaism, 12 also signifies the age a girl matures (bat mitzvah)
In Twelver Shi'a Islam, there are twelve Imams, legitimate successors of the prophet Muhammad. These twelve early leaders of Islam are\u2014Ali, Hasan, Husayn, and nine of Husayn's descendants. The Chinese use a 12 year cycle for time-reckoning called Earthly Branches.
The band 'The Number 12 Looks Like You' tried to start 'Mathcore' and as you might have guesed - failed!
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Now where did I put that scraper........
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