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THE GREEN SHOOTS OF MONEY: LET’S GET GOING! charts the start-ups of financial entities and explains how past entrepreneurship shaped futures. Interesting facts and stories emerge. War created the Bank of England. Sterling was as Good as Gold. Straw hat making sewed the roots of De La Rue. “Running” (smuggling) founded a financial jurisdiction. The Euro heralded a united, war-free Europe. Currants, olive oil and cotton reared a Mediterranean bank. Historic bonds and shares reveal dreams made and hopes dashed. At the turn of the millennium, several of these chapters first appeared in Financial History, the renowned international magazine of the Museum of American Financial History, now called the Museum of American Finance. Ian Moncrief-Scott has over fifty years of broad business experience, mostly gained at international level, based in the UK. As a former senior executive for a global publishing and information technology company headquartered in the USA, he has contributed to numerous client-facing procurement and outsourcing initiatives worldwide. Ian has created and participated in numerous small businesses in the UK, Isle of Man and elsewhere. He has also represented the Isle of Man Government Department for Enterprise in several of its business support schemes Ian designed and delivered extensive training for its Micro Business Grant Scheme. In recognition of his long-term service to the Department, Ian was nominated for The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion and awarded an official Certificate of Recognition in 2018.
