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From my friend Derek Bond … With the gold price hitting new nominal highs, now may be a good moment to remind ourselves about the consequences of Gordon Brown’s sale of much of the UK’s gold reserves. Between 1999 and 2002 he sold 395 metric tons of gold at an average price of $275 an…

From my friend Derek Bond … With the gold price hitting new nominal highs, now may be a good moment to remind ourselves about the consequences of Gordon Brown’s sale of much of the UK’s gold reserves. Between 1999 and 2002 he sold 395 metric tons of gold at an average price of $275 an…

Just had a visit to the head office of the Royal Mint in Cardiff, Wales.  Wales is not part of England, as asked by some people, but the place that Prince Charles represents, as the Prince of Wales.  It’s also the home of the BBC TV series Torchwood with John Barrowman. I mentioned this to…

Just had a visit to the head office of the Royal Mint in Cardiff, Wales.  Wales is not part of England, as asked by some people, but the place that Prince Charles represents, as the Prince of Wales.  It’s also the home of the BBC TV series Torchwood with John Barrowman. I mentioned this to…

I've been invited to SIBOS this year to be a “professional challenger” in the innotribe stream.  I interpret this as being a “professional troublemaker”, which I’m very good at, but they reinterpreted this to the more acceptable terminology to get the management team buy-in. No worries. By now, if you’ve been to SIBOS before you should know…

I've been invited to SIBOS this year to be a “professional challenger” in the innotribe stream.  I interpret this as being a “professional troublemaker”, which I’m very good at, but they reinterpreted this to the more acceptable terminology to get the management team buy-in. No worries. By now, if you’ve been to SIBOS before you should know…

My last blog about Iceland for the moment, but a worthy one. In Reykjavik, a city of 120,000 people (200,000 in the Greater Reykjavik region).  By comparison, this is the size of Watford, the UK’s 59th largest town, or Dudley (26th) if you use the larger figure. On the harbour front in Reykjavik, they have…

My last blog about Iceland for the moment, but a worthy one. In Reykjavik, a city of 120,000 people (200,000 in the Greater Reykjavik region).  By comparison, this is the size of Watford, the UK’s 59th largest town, or Dudley (26th) if you use the larger figure. On the harbour front in Reykjavik, they have…