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    DE LA RUE: STRAW HATS TO GLOBAL SECURITIES
    DE LA RUE: STRAW HATS TO GLOBAL SECURITIES
    DE LA RUE: STRAW HATS TO GLOBAL SECURITIES
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    DE LA RUE: STRAW HATS TO GLOBAL SECURITIES

    By Ian Moncrief-Scott

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    De La Rue-Straw Hats to Global Securities charts the early history of the world's largest producer of securities and printer of UK banknotes.

     

    While other Guernseymen prospered from privateering in the English Channel, fortune did not bless the household De La Rue. Nine children had depleted Eleazer's resources. His so

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInformation Management Solutions Limited
    Release dateMay 17, 2021
    ISBN9781903467138
    DE LA RUE: STRAW HATS TO GLOBAL SECURITIES
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    Ian Moncrief-Scott

    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.

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      DE LA RUE - Ian Moncrief-Scott

      The author Ian Moncrief-Scott has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.

      Copyright. © I. Moncrief-Scott 2021

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be produced in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems - without the prior permission in writing of the publishers.

      The publishers make no representation, express or implied, regarding the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may

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