Numbers. Billions

The content of these guidelines is taken from the fourth edition of the Vives University Network’s Interuniversity Style Guide for Writing Institutional Texts, an interuniversity project in which the UPC participated with the support of the Secretariat for Universities and Research of the Government of Catalonia.

Million and billion

• If you need to abbreviate large amounts such as million (m) or billion (bn), place the symbol or abbreviation for the currency before the amount and insert a non- breaking space before m or bn.

               €389 m           EUR 389 m

               £425 bn          GBP 425 bn