Cancer Research UK has saved more than £2.5 million a year by using online auctions to purchase office supplies, IT hardware and laboratory consumables.

Contract rebels at homelessness charity Shelter have been told they will be out of a job if they refuse to accept amended pay and working conditions by the end of the month. While the charity is stressing that no employee has yet been relieved of their duties, staff are being informed that a failure to sign the new contract before it comes into force on 1 April will effectively result in their dismissal.

Northern rock foundation has confirmed that it is cutting back planned expenditure by up to £9m due to the uncertainties over its future levels of funding.