Our facilities in Wigton, Cumbria, has been named as one of the 2021 UK’s Best Workplaces™ rankings, out of hundreds of companies who were also considered for the award.  The independently assessed rankings are awarded annually.

Mexico’s new 100 peso GUARDIAN^TM polymer bill has beaten more than 100 other candidates to win the prestigious “Banknote of the Year Award” for 2020, awarded by the International Bank Note Society (IBNS).

The Bank of England’s new £50 note, launched on 25^th March, marks the transition of the full series of English notes to GUARDIAN^™ polymer substrate. The launch marks the 11^th time that a country has transitioned all its banknotes to GUARDIAN polymer.

CCL Secure was awarded this year’s Central Banking Currency Services Initiative Award as a result of the company’s global support for recycling and for wider reductions in its environmental impact.

In 2013, when the Bank of England made the decision to move the £5 and £10 from paper to polymer, the decision was based on 3 years of research into the resilience and quality of different substrates. Eight years later, CCL Secure remains lead substrate supplier to the Bank with world-leading Guardian^TM polymer substrate.

Despite the global challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, CCL Secure say they have seen polymer banknotes go from strength to strength around the world.

A new 100,000 Livres banknote, issued by Banque du Liban to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Lebanon, is one of the most secure in the world.

The Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) has launched a brand new ₡ 20,000 polymer banknote. The newly issued banknote features a KINEGRAM REVIEW® foil stripe supplied by Kurz applied over a complex transparent window using CCL Secure’s world-leading Guardian^TM polymer substrate.