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| March 2025 | Sarah John was appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer of the Bank of England, having previously served as the Bank's Chief Cashier. |
| 2025 |
Chief Cashier of the Bank of England
Victoria Cleland returns to the role of Chief Cashier, taking office from 2025 onwards.
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| January 2025 |
Digital pound
Bank of England announced the creation of the 'Digital Pound Lab', a technology sandbox to experiment with central bank digital currency functionality, test interfaces, and explore innovative use cases.
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| 2024 | The Bank of England was settling approximately £500 billion worth of payments between banks daily, operating Real-time gross settlement systems including CHAPS. |
| 2024 | David Roberts appointed as Chair of the Court of Directors, leading the unitary board responsible for the Bank's strategic decisions. |
| 2024 | Andrew Bailey continues to serve as Governor of the Bank of England, with a standard eight-year term for governors. The Court of Directors includes five executive members and up to nine non-executive members appointed by the Crown. |
| March 2024 |
Digital pound
Harriett Baldwin, chair of the UK Parliament's Treasury Select Committee, stated on BBC Radio 4's Money Box that a digital pound would not be introduced before 2030, with potential holdings limited to £10,000.
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| February 6 2023 |
Digital pound
Bank of England announced a four-month public consultation on the digital pound, exploring the potential implementation of a central bank digital currency.
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| September 27 2022 | Planned beginning of corporate bond sales from the QE portfolio. |
| September 27 2022 | Bank of England plans to begin sales of remaining corporate bond stock. |
| August 2022 | Bank reaffirms plan to accelerate QE wind-down through active bond sales. |
| August 2022 | Bank of England reaffirms plans to accelerate QE wind-down through active bond sales. |
| February 2022 | Bank of England announced intention to begin winding down the QE portfolio by not replacing maturing bond tranches. |
| 2021 | Huw Pill appointed as the Bank of England's chief economist. |
| 2020 |
Orlando
The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art used Orlando as the primary inspiration for its spring exhibition titled 'About Time: Fashion and Duration', specifically drawing from the film's iconic 'labyrinth' scene featuring Tilda Swinton transitioning through different historical clothing periods.
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| 2020 |
The Fairy-Queen
Paul McCreesh recorded The Fairy-Queen with the Gabrieli Consort.
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| 2020 | Quantitative Easing portfolio reaches its peak at £895 billion, consisting of £875 billion in UK government bonds and £20 billion in high-grade commercial bonds. |
| October 2020 |
Orlando
The Met Gala exhibition was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ultimately opened in October 2020, though the planned Gala event was cancelled.
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| March 2020 |
Governor of the Bank of England
Andrew Bailey became the 121st Governor of the Bank of England, taking on the role of leading the bank and chairing the Monetary Policy Committee.
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| 2019 | The museum curated a special exhibition called '325 Years, 325 Objects', likely commemorating the Bank of England's 325th anniversary by displaying 325 significant objects from its history. |
| 2018 | The Bank of England Museum hosted a temporary exhibition titled 'Feliks Topolski: Drawing Debden', showcasing artwork related to the artist Feliks Topolski. |
| June 2018 |
Chief Cashier of the Bank of England
Sarah John is appointed as the 33rd Chief Cashier of the Bank of England, taking on the significant responsibility of overseeing banknote issuance and banking infrastructure.
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| 2017 | Bank of England discontinued the practice of allowing its staff to open current accounts with a unique sort code 10-00-00, ending a long-standing internal banking privilege. |
| 2017 |
Deputy governor of the Bank of England
Joanna Place succeeded Charlotte Hogg as Chief Operating Officer of the Bank of England, taking office and continuing to serve in the role as of the time of this text.
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| July 2017 | BOEN (Bank of England Nominees) was dissolved following liquidation. |
| 2016 | The Bank ceased providing personal banking services as a privilege for employees. |
| 2014 |
Chief Cashier of the Bank of England
Victoria Cleland becomes Chief Cashier, serving from 2014 to 2018.
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| 2014 |
Deputy governor of the Bank of England
Another restructuring of the Deputy Governor role occurred.
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| 2013 |
Governor of the Bank of England
Mark Carney becomes Governor of the Bank of England, serving from 2013 to 2020 for 7 years.
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| 2013 |
Deputy governor of the Bank of England
A new Deputy Governor role for Markets and Banking is created.
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| July 1 2013 | Mark Carney, a Canadian, assumed the post of Governor of the Bank of England, becoming the first non-UK citizen to hold the position. |
| June 2013 |
Deputy governor of the Bank of England
The position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) was created at the Bank of England, with the role having the same status and remuneration as a Deputy Governor and responsible for the Bank's day-to-day operations.
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| 2012 |
The Fairy-Queen
Ottavio Dantone recorded The Fairy-Queen with Accademia Bizantina and New English Voices.
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| 2012 |
Deputy governor of the Bank of England
Financial Services Act further redefined the Deputy Governor position.
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| 2011 | The Bank of England established the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) to regulate and supervise major financial institutions in the UK, including banks, building societies, credit unions, insurers, and investment firms, marking a significant expansion of its regulatory role in financial market infrastructure. |
| 2010 |
The Fairy-Queen
William Christie directed a Glyndebourne production of The Fairy-Queen with Jonathan Kent as stage director, featuring the Glyndebourne Chorus and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, which was released on DVD.
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| 2010 | The incoming Chancellor announced plans to merge the Financial Services Authority back into the Bank of England. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Chief Cashier of the Bank of England, Governor of the Bank of England, The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, Bank of England, The Fairy-Queen, Bank of England Museum, Deputy governor of the Bank of England, Orlando (film) & Digital pound, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.