Not just in pounds and pence but in the soul of our nation.

BBC: Scotland politics

What will Carwyn Jones and his government do when the arguments over social "fairness" and changes to benefits are increasingly felt in pounds and pence and pockets in 2013?

BBC: Today, tomorrow and Today.

ARM, which provides processor designs used in the majority of tablets and smartphones, posted Q4 revenue of 164.2 million pounds, and profits of 4.1 pence per share, ahead of the Street consensus at 151.6 million pounds and 4 pence, the financial news site StreetAccount notes.

FORBES: ARM Holdings Shares Rally As Q4 Results Top Street Ests

In 1971, Britain changed over to decimal currency from pounds, shillings and pence.

CNN: Saturday,

The US adopted decimal dollars hundreds of years ago and the UK clung to pounds-shillings-pence-farthings until 1976(?) Hardly anyone but older Britons can even imagine how to divide a bill for 7 Pounds, 5 Shillings and five Pence among three diners, or the painful calculations involved.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Magazine | Should we simplify spelling?