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OSCR publishes reference guide on protecting charitable status

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:57:00 GMT

Scotland’s charity regulator has today published a reference report to help charities understand and address potential issues in meeting the requirements of charitable status.

Stronger focus on social value needed in Scottish commissioning

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:33:00 GMT

Social Enterprise Scotland has called for community benefit to be a priority in all of the country’s public procurement.

Lift ban on public investing in social impact bonds, says BWB lawyer

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:49:00 GMT

The ban on the general public investing in unregulated collective investment funds such as social impact bonds, should be lifted, says Luke Fletcher of Bates, Wells and Braithwaite.

HMRC creates property taskforce

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:37:00 GMT

HMRC is targeting VAT evasion on properties. Colin Laidlaw explains its intentions.

NPC launching survey on new commissioning landscape

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:58:00 GMT

New Philanthropy Capital is launching a survey which will attempt to build a picture of how charities are coping with new, more complex and competitive commissioning arrangements, such as payment-by-results.

Should you be saying no to your FRS17 pension report?

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:43:00 GMT

Yes and no are not the only options available when it comes to FRS17 pension reports, says David Davison.

Hold tight - we're moving!

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:52:00 GMT

Robert Ashton outlines the benefits of investing in community development finance institutions.

Labour calls for £1m war legacy research fund

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:45:00 GMT

Labour has called upon the government to provide a £1m research fund for charities to develop policy on the long-term mental health effects of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hayday to quit Charity Bank after ten years

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:18:00 GMT

Malcolm Hayday has announced his intention to step down from Charity Bank, the social finance institution that he helped to set up ten years ago.

Call for emergency action on youth unemployment

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:25:00 GMT

Tackling youth unemployment should be a priority for all sectors, says Acevo CEO Stephen Bubb, as a new report by the Commission on Youth Unemployment warns that the issue has reached “emergency point”.

Investigation exposed VAT and cashflow issues at Charity Business

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:17:00 GMT

An independent investigation into alleged financial irregularities at Charity Business has revealed that the company raised no fixed-fee invoices for the period May to September 2011 until October, meaning it failed to declare around £50,000 of output VAT in the correct VAT period.

Official Work Programme data to be released in two weeks

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:15:00 GMT

Minister for employment Chris Grayling has confirmed that official statistics on the Work Programme, including referrals data, will be published for the first time on 21 February 2012.

Co-operative reaffirms commitment to charity credit cards

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:49:00 GMT

The Co-operative Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to provide charity credit cards following last week's announcement by Lloyds Banking Group that it will stop providing them at the end of February.

Charity Business CEO was dismissed in October 2011

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:02:00 GMT

Charity Business founder and CEO Mark Freeman was sacked by the board of the parent company in October following an auditors’ investigation into alleged financial irregularities, and has since lodged a claim for unfair dismissal.

16 projects share £9m from Social Action Fund

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:46:00 GMT

Over £9m of an overall £20m has been awarded in the first window of the Social Action Fund to 16 projects in England.

Cabinet Office announces grants from £30m local infrastructure fund

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:42:00 GMT

Ealing Council for Voluntary Service has received the largest grant from the £30m Cabinet Office programme for local civil society support organisations throughout England.

Youth United gets £1m from government to train adult volunteers

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:55:00 GMT

Eric Pickles has announced that his Department for Communities and Local Government will give a coalition of youth volunteering bodies £10m to train 2,700 new adult volunteers.

UK charities voted amongst best NGOs

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:10:00 GMT

Three UK-based charities are placed amongst the top twenty best NGOs in the world in a report by the Global Journal.

Time management: execute with excellence

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT

Allocating time appropriately between strategy and operations is, says John Tate, the key to business success.

Consumer power: the future of social enterprises

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Peter Holbrook explains why he wants to more actively engage consumers with social enterprise.