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News stories from Monday 22nd February to Sunday 14th March 2010:
Acevo writes to Gordon Brown over sector access to health contracts (08/03/10)
Chief executives body wants the Government to change policy that the NHS is the preferred provider
Scottish accruals accounts threshold raised (08/03/10)
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator announces changes to reporting requirements
Two-thirds of charities expect income from government to fall (04/03/10)
Baker Tilly survey shows 65 per cent predict a drop over the next year
Chairs need effective feedback, says new report (04/03/10)
Chairs are at risk of having a distorted view of their impact without regular feedback, according to new report What makes Chairs of Governing Bodies Effective, which found chairs tended to rate their impact on a charity more highly than chief executives, board members and other senior staff.
Nick Hurd calls for targeted tax breaks to stimulate social enterprise (04/03/10)
Shadow charities minister tells Social Enterprise London debate that social entrepreneurs need better access to capital
Talks planned on new charity accounting standard (02/03/10)
Accounting Standards Board responds to consultation
Volunteer organisations 'should be consulted over legislation' (02/03/10)
Volunteering England wants them to have the right to consider the effects on volunteering of bills and regulations
Report says charities should not be required to disclose expenses (02/03/10)
Independent Expert Group on Expenses says compulsory disclosure 'could damage public trust'
New government 'won't understand the sector' (02/03/10)
Charities must prepare for a new government that will have very little knowledge or understanding of how civil society organisations work, whichever party wins the election, delegates to the NCVO annual conference were warned last week.
Anger over short application time for grants allocated by Social Investment Business (02/03/10)
Charities given less than a month to apply for Department of Health funds
Trustee suspension 'led to £45k legal bill for Uxbridge United Welfare Trusts' (02/03/10)
Charity Commission seeks further information about spending by west London almshouses charity
£26m worth of grants paid back to the Big Lottery Fund (02/03/10)
Unspent money returned by charities and good causes over last six years
Most OTS partners at risk from spending cuts (24/02/10)
The majority of the Office of the Third Sector’s 40 strategic partners get most of their income from the government, putting them squarely in the firing line for imminent public spending cuts.
Social enterprise sets up loan that repays in line with growth (24/02/10)
HCT Group agrees quasi-equity offering with Bridges Ventures and Social Investment Business
Etherington and Hayday propose new future for Social Investment Business (24/02/10)
The loan book of the Social Investment Business – or the proceeds of its sale to other social finance providers - should be passed to the new Social Investment Wholesale Bank, according to NCVO chief executive Stuart Etherington
Tories consider review of tax problems faced by charities (24/02/10)
A Conservative government might look again at how charities are treated by the tax system, says Nick Hurd
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to refine its register after consultation process (24/02/10)
Watchdog will cut annual return from five pages to two and offer online services
Lloyds accused of 'vandalism' towards Scottish charitable foundation (23/02/10)
Lloyds wants to end agreement to pay 1% of its pre-tax profits
Fears grow over statutory income for charities (23/02/10)
Latest Managing in a Downturn survey finds nearly half of respondents suffered falls in income
Cancer Research UK takes the lead on Gift Aid reform (23/02/10)
Charity aims to gather support for 30p composite rate
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