The Bankers Benevolent Fund has dropped both 'banker' and 'benevolent' from its name, and HMRC makes headlines twice, planning to simplify all its charity tax guidance and clarifying its guidance on overseas workers.
The Bankers Benevolent Fund has changed its name to the Bank Workers' Charity in a bid to distance itself from the negative connotations associated with the word 'banker' and the outdated perceptions of the word 'benevolent'.
More than 20 charities with portfolios larger than £10m have invested in Sarasin's two Alpha Common Investment Funds since they launched five years ago.
Members of the Church Investors Group will attend BP's annual general meeting this week to express their ongoing concerns about the oil giant's safety and risk management procedures.
New guidance from HMRC relating to overseas workers could have significant impacts on aid agencies and other charities that send employees abroad to work, accountancy firm PKF has warned.
Locality has committed to mobilising a million people over the next three years, and supporting community groups in building enterprising business models, as part of five key pledges it announced at its launch.
In other news...
Scottish regulator moves closer to online filing The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator has appointed business technology company the Amor Group to create the infrastructure for online filing of annual returns and accounts and aims to launch the service later this year.
NCVO launches 2011 party conference bursaries for small charities For the fifth year running the National Council for Voluntary Organisations is offering its Party Conference Bursary Scheme which will allow small charities to enter the political arena by attending the Liberal Democrats, Labour or Conservative party conferences.
New BT fundraising website is 'Bullyboy Tactics', says social entrepreneur BT's move to launch a no-fee fundraising website has drawn criticism from social entrepreneur and author Robert Ashton, who has accused the telecoms giant of using its financial muscle to deliberately undermine the market's creator JustGiving.
Sue Ryder wins five-year county-wide care contract Sue Ryder has picked up a five-year contract to provide all specialist palliative care services in west Berkshire in the first instance of an NHS-run hospice being transferred to a voluntary sector provider.
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In straitened financial times, pressures grow to seek partnerships and collaborations with other organisations. But it's not always easy. James Sinclair Taylor warns that there are a number of sticky legal issues around collaboration between large and small organisations.
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The results of the first charity survey of the pay ratio between highest and lowest-paid staff demonstrates just how capably most charities are dealing with the challenge of paying salaries which are high enough to attract talented leaders at the top, while maintaining a sense of equity and fairness amongst the whole workforce.
