by Luke Savage | Jun 23, 2016 | News
Travel money specialist No.1 Currency has recorded a 70% surge in business compared to this time last year as holidaymakers in the UK clamour to buy their foreign currency in the final hours before the result in Britain’s EU referendum.
No.1 Currency recorded its busiest day of the year yesterday, with customers queuing outside its network of 102 high street stores.
The surge in demand for foreign currency also saw No.1 Currency record its busiest ever day for online sales, and a 300% increase in orders for home delivery of currency. (more…)
by Luke Savage | Feb 8, 2016 | News
They say money can’t buy you love. But it can buy you a romantic getaway, and if you’re planning to propose to your beloved on a last-minute Valentine’s Day break, new research by the travel money specialists No1 Currency reveals the best value romantic destinations to do so.
If you’ve been inspired by the BBC’s sumptuously romantic TV adaptation of War & Peace, the icy delights of St Petersburg offer the best value. The weak Rouble means return flights for two people and three nights in a four-star hotel in Russia’s most romantic city now cost just £521.70. If you opt to pop the question at the Winter Palace, former home of the Czars, two tickets cost barely a fiver. Here’s hoping your proposal ends better than it did for the Romanovs. (more…)
by Luke Savage | Jan 14, 2016 | News
It could be a good year for the British tourist, with the Pound currently stronger against more than two thirds (68%) of currencies of the most popular holiday destinations, according to research by travel money specialist No.1 Currency. And, South America offers the best value, with Argentina (55.3%), Brazil (47.1%) and Colombia, the top three destinations where Sterling has strengthened most over the past 12 months.
No.1 Currency has looked at how the Pound has performed against currencies in 50 of the most popular holiday destinations over the past 12 months; to provide a comprehensive guide as to where could be hot or not in 2016 in terms of best value. (more…)
by Luke Savage | Nov 25, 2015 | News
One of the UK’s leading travel money retailers No.1 Currency has today announced details of its new Home Delivery service.
Using the new service is simple; customers can order their currency for Home Delivery by visiting www.no1currency.com/travel-money-delivered/ and completing the short order form. Currency orders are paid for securely online using a credit or debit card.
Up to four currencies can be purchased in a single Home Delivery order with a maximum value of £2,500 and minimum order value of £400. Orders placed before noon for Euro or US Dollar will be processed and dispatched for next working day delivery. (more…)
by Luke Savage | Nov 24, 2015 | News
Britons who want to hit the slopes without breaking the bank this winter should stick to Europe rather than the big name ski resorts of the USA and Canada, according to new research by the travel money specialists No.1 Currency.
No.1 Currency compared the cost of a basket of ski essentials in some of the world’s best-known ski resorts. The basket included; six days of ski and boot hire, a six-day lift pass, ski lessons for six days, as well as the cost of a coffee, a bottle of beer, a bottle of wine and a quick lunch for two on the slopes. (more…)
by Client Account Manager Team | Sep 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
One of the UK’s fastest growing foreign exchange retailers, No1 Currency, has crowned a period of rapid expansion by opening its 50th store in the Westfield Shopping Centre in Stratford.
When the No1 Currency brand was purchased by its Irish parent company Fexco in 2012, it had 15 stores. In just three years it has added a further 35 locations to its portfolio. It now employs more than 200 people and expects to hire another 50 as it opens further stores across the UK.
No1 Currency now handles one in 50 of all travel money purchases in the UK and this year will see sales of foreign currency exceed £0.5billion encompassing over two million transactions since its acquisition by Fexco. (more…)
by Client Account Manager Team | Jul 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
No1 Currency has opened a foreign exchange store in Merry Hill Shopping Centre in Brierley Hill, near Dudley, creating three new jobs.
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by Client Account Manager Team | Jul 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
One of the UK’s leading travel money retailers No1 Currency has opened a new foreign exchange store creating three new jobs at Crompton Place shopping centre in Bolton.
Shoppers getting ready for their summer holidays now have a choice of over 50 different foreign currencies at the store, which will serve not just the 279,000 residents in the town, but also the thriving local business community.
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by Client Account Manager Team | Jun 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
London, 17th June 2015 — City of London Corporation has launched a partnership with travel money specialist No.1 Currency, to provide foreign exchange services to visitors to the City Information Centre (CIC), located at St Paul’s Churchyard, EC4M 8BX, next to St Paul’s Cathedral. This is the first time the City of London Corporation has partnered with a foreign exchange company.
The City Information Centre, which is owned and run by the City of London Corporation, is located on a prime tourist route, between St. Paul’s Cathedral and Millennium Bridge. Around 400,000 people visit the CIC every year, and it is the only officially recognised tourist information centre in central London.
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by Client Account Manager Team | Apr 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
A real threat could leave anyone on holiday in Greece with no cash machine access, card payments blocked and wire transfers declined.
Greece faces looming debt deadlines, its politicians are playing a game of brinkmanship and it COULD end up exiting the euro.
if Greece does quit the euro? Simon Phillips, from travel money specialist No.1 Currency, said there will probably be a transition period where euros are still accepted: “This means that if you have a holiday booked to Greece this summer, you shouldn’t be affected by a currency changeover.”
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