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In Touch: New polymer £5, Special hotels closure threat

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30/08/2016

New polymer £5, Special hotels closure threat

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, New polymer £5, Special hotels closure threat

Specialist hotels under threat of closure and a close up look at the new polymer fiver.

Action's specialist hotels for blind people are under threat of closure. Plus the Bank of England's chief cashier reveals the new polymer fiver.

Action's three specialist hotels are under threat of closure, as Action announces that they are no longer able to run them. Action's Director of Operations Teri Stephenson talks about some of the reasons behind this decision.
Tom Walker, Susannah Hancock & Geoff Long take a look at the new polymer five pound note, under the supervision of the Bank of England's Chief Cashier Victoria Cleland

Producer: Cheryl Gabriel.

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