The Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed the design of its new polymer £20 note, featuring historic Glasgow entrepreneur Kate Cranston. The note, unveiled at Mackintosh at the Willow tearoom, will be the first Scottish £20 banknote to feature a woman other than the Queen on its front. Designed in partnership with Scottish arts’ organisations more

Some paper bank notes in Scotland will be withdrawn from circulation in fewer than four weeks. Scots are being urged to spend or exchange their £5 and £10 notes before the deadline on Thursday March 1. New polymer versions were first introduced in 2015 as part of efforts to combat counterfeiting. A spokesman for the more

The new note features an image of Robert Burns on the front and a landscape of Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns on the reverse. Clydesdale Bank has released the first Scottish £10 polymer note into circulation. A £5 polymer note was issued last year and the £10 is described as the latest implementation of the more

The new £20 note will feature philanthropist and entrepreneur Catherine Cranston, famous for the Willow Tearooms. Catherine, from Glasgow, made her mark for her series of tearooms across the city. Her flagship venue, The Willow Tearooms, became part of Scotland’s design heritage due to an interior created by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The tearooms made a more

The bank announced the launch date of its new polymer £10 note and unveiled the face of the forthcoming £20 note at its historic branch at St Andrew Square, Edinburgh. The Royal Bank of Scotland is to issue its first £10 polymer note to the general public on Thursday, October 4. The £10 note features more