Euro=94p

[glasshouse]

Yikes

 

[ffukedfarmer]

Not so good for my holiday in a fortnight, but it's not long until the rate is set for 2019 BPS

 

[DrDunc]

Pound only getting weaker until Boris pulls the brexit pin.

Then it's only going into free fall.

Only way we'll be able to export.

Devaluing the currency worked for New Zealand when they removed subsidies.......

 

[Tarw Coch]

Not so good for my holiday in a fortnight, but it's not long until the rate is set for 2019 BPS

Unfortunately that’s how most people look at the strength or should I say weakness of the pound, how it affects them when spending money abroad.

 

[Kidds]

Unfortunately that’s how most people look at the strength or should I say weakness of the pound, how it affects them when spending money abroad.

Isn’t that how it affects all of us?

 

[Al R]

Not so good for my holiday in a fortnight, but it's not long until the rate is set for 2019 BPS

What date is it set and if it stays at current value what would the difference be compared to last year?

I was on holiday a few months ago and cashpoints were working on a £1 = €0.955.

 

[Goweresque]

Pound only getting weaker until Boris pulls the brexit pin.

Then it's only going into free fall.

Only way we'll be able to export.

Devaluing the currency worked for New Zealand when they removed subsidies.......

Nope, the markets always price the bad news in advance. The low point of the pound will be prior to Brexit, I'd expect it might actually rise afterwards. Which is good for this years BPS, as it'll be fixed right in the run up to the 31st...............its an ill wind.......

 

[AndrewM]

extra £10/ha on the bps if its stays at this level for september

 

[Goweresque]

extra £10/ha on the bps if its stays at this level for september

It could well go lower. The markets hate uncertainty as much if not more than the actual 'bad' event in prospect. And one suspects there will be significant political uncertainty and upheaval once Parliament returns in early Sept. It could quite easily drop to parity around that point, just in time for the BPS fix. A Brexit Bonus for farmers.......

 

[spin cycle]

c'mon parity

 

[B R C]

Parity is ok as long as you're not planning on buying any inputs or machinery....

 

[steveR]

It could well go lower. The markets hate uncertainty as much if not more than the actual 'bad' event in prospect. And one suspects there will be significant political uncertainty and upheaval once Parliament returns in early Sept. It could quite easily drop to parity around that point, just in time for the BPS fix. A Brexit Bonus for farmers.......

The First (and probably only) one then for the farming industry...

 

[Still Farming]

1.06 euro to pound sterling

 

[sticky]

Give or take the odd penny my wife bought 320euros yesterday at the post office and it cost her £318.

 

[Exfarmer]

Never ever buy foreign money from banks and post offices.
get a pre charged card
Caxton would have given her 329.89 euros for the same

 

[The Agrarian]

I always take a Halifax clarity card. No fees on foreign payments or cash withdrawals. As with credit cards, interest on cash withdrawal calculated until you pay it off. And the rate is set by MasterCard provided you select the local currency. A card payment today of £318 today would yield €345.32

 

[Steevo]

I always take a Halifax clarity card. No fees on foreign payments or cash withdrawals. As with credit cards, interest on cash withdrawal calculated until you pay it off. And the rate is set by MasterCard provided you select the local currency. A card payment today of £318 today would yield €345.32

+1 Minimise cash and use this abroad where possible.

 

[The Agrarian]

For someone who has never used a credit card for borrowing, it's all I ever use now for personal spending, home or abroad. Debit card never leaves my wallet now. Set for monthly balance clearing. I feel a bit safer online too with the credit card, and I also use it through Android pay on my phone, so the card isn't often out either.

The only strange thing is the contactless aspect. Through Android or apple pay, the contactless is supposed to be limitless, unlike touching the card. But mine isn't. Have had it rejected a couple of times when spending three figures, and had to get the actual card out.

 

[Happy hillbily]

I changed some in the tui shop the other day, got €1.07 to the £

 

[czechmate]

I have a friend looking to move back here. All his money is in pounds. A few months back when it was 1.13 he decided to wait for an improvement