BoE launches comms push as it seeks face for £50 note

Central bank seeks boost to public engagement from nominations and ‘Future Forum’

Sarah John
BoE chief cashier Sarah John is overseeing the design process for the new notes
Bank of England

The Bank of England unveiled a raft of measures pitched at boosting public engagement as it launched the process for nominating the person to appear on its new £50 banknote.

Following a similar process for the £20 banknote, which saw the painter JMW Turner chosen to appear on the note, members of the public now have six weeks to nominate scientists to appear on the £50 note. The rules stipulate the person must be dead, from the UK and not fictional.

Besides the nomination process, the BoE

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@centralbanking.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.centralbanking.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@centralbanking.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Central Banking? View our subscription options

Register for Central Banking

All fields are mandatory unless otherwise highlighted

This address will be used to create your account

Most read articles loading...

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Central Banking account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account

.