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Times
17-05-2025
- Business
- Times
The British town where cash is still king
Broad Grant-Stafford has just emerged from Cranbrook Bakery on the high street in Tenterden, Kent, with a box containing a chocolate eclair, a doughnut, a flapjack and a tiffin, paid for with a £20 note. Grant-Stafford, a 69-year-old retired chartered psychologist, tries to use cash wherever he can. 'I use a card for the supermarket and petrol because it's easier, but the rest of the time I prefer cash,' he said. As someone who doesn't use a banking app, the cash machines on the high street, in branches of Nationwide Building Society, NatWest and Santander, are a lifeline for Grant-Stafford, who withdraws about £200 a week. Cash usage has plummeted since the Covid-19 pandemic, when people were told to use cashless payments wherever possible. ATM
Times
16-05-2025
- Business
- Times
Down but not out: how cash is surviving
Broad Grant-Stafford has just emerged from Cranbrook Bakery on the high street in Tenterden, Kent, with a box containing a chocolate eclair, a doughnut, a flapjack and a tiffin, paid for with a £20 note. Grant-Stafford, a 69-year-old retired chartered psychologist, tries to use cash wherever he can. 'I use a card for the supermarket and petrol because it's easier, but the rest of the time I prefer cash,' he said. As someone who doesn't use a banking app, the cash machines on the high street, in branches of Nationwide Building Society, NatWest and Santander, are a lifeline for Grant-Stafford, who withdraws about £200 a week. Cash usage has plummeted since the Covid-19 pandemic, when people were told to use cashless payments wherever possible. ATM
