Furniture, white goods and consumer electronics are proving lucrative for the British Heart Foundation; the Disabilities Trust has complained that bed-blocking by some local authorities is just offloading costs onto the NHS, and congratulations are due to Graham Elliott, one of our longest-standing and highly respected contributors, who has just picked up a writing award.
 

British Heart Foundation announces rapid expansion of furniture and electrical stores
 

The British Heart Foundation plans to open around 80 furniture and electrical charity stores over the next two years to capitalise on the success of its current outlets. 

Local authority bed-blocking is costing public purse more, warns Trust
 

Some local authorities trying to cope with public spending cuts are actually costing the public purse more by delaying decision-making about individual cases and forcing people to remain funded by the NHS for longer than they should be, the Disabilities Trust has warned.

Foundations and charities invest in first social impact bond
 

The majority of investors in the first-ever social impact bond launched by the UK government were foundations and charities, according to an early report into the success of the payment-by-results pilot.

Graham Elliott wins Tax Writer of the Year award
 

Longstanding Charity Finance contributor Graham Elliott has won the award for Tax Writer of the Year at the Taxation Awards.

UBS head of charities departs for Newton
 

Andrew Pitt has left his role as head of charities at UBS Wealth Management and will join Newton Investment Management in September.

Partnership with trade body saves charity information service
 

The National Children's Bureau has saved its Children's Play and Information Service through a partnership with the Association of Play Industries.

Qualified comment - learning from a charity accounts audit
 

Last year his accounts were qualified. Alistair Gibbons, head of finance at Citizens Advice asks if it has mattered.

Turning income into impact - How organisations should be run
 

Adrian Poffley, chief administrative officer, human resources at the World Bank looks at how to make your charity run well and efficiently.

Time for fundraising and charity organisations to merge?
 

Does the charity sector need quite so many bodies representing and regulating its activities? Paul Amadi thinks not.