CFDG in the News

Below is a list of articles in which CFDG has been mentioned or to which CFDG has contributed, including our monthly article in the Caritas Magazine.

2008

October

1 - Don't be afraid of taking risks, urges Hickey - Charity Finance

1 - Financial courses under discussion - Third Sector

October - Legal Unease - Charity Finance

October - FRED's heritage prospects - Caritas

October - Inside Out? Ernese Skinner reflects on the symbiosis between internal and external audit - Caritas

September

29 - Charities risk assessment could be better - Third Sector

10 - Charities are still let down by poor accounting, says review - Third Sector

10 - Concern over strength of sectors' reserves policies - Third Sector

3 - Accounting changes 'damage accountability' - Third Sector

3 - Audit specialist condemns red tape reduction - Charity Finance

3 - CFDG absorbs Charities Consortium - Charity Finance

3 - CFDG announces merger - Third Sector

1 - Charity Finance Directors' Group in merger - Charity Times

September - Know your onions - Charity Finance

September - Pensions schemes and the role of the trustee - CAF Bulletin

September - Take an MOT? Ernese Skinner suggests a practical approach to transforming the finance function - Caritas

August/ September - Charity Squeeze - Charity Times

August

26 - Futurebuilders recruits CAF director - Third Sector

20 - CFDG promotes sustainability online - Third Sector

6 - Intelligent Giving survey picks best annual report - Third Sector

5 - VAT reform threatens jobs of charity staff - The Telegraph

August - Purchasing power: Ernese Skinner offers a practical guide to procurement basics for charities - Caritas

Summer - Charity employers getting through an increasingly challenging pensions maze - Charities Management

July

30 - Time for Green Screens - Third Sector

16 - CFDG accounts 'shining example' - Third Sector

16 - Tax relief campaign renewed - Third Sector

8 - Charity finance directors make my day - Intelligent Giving

July - When the going gets rough: Keith Hickey looks at how charity FDs can response to the spectre of recession - Caritas

June

11 - Hickey: plan for economic downturn - Third Sector

11 - Collaboration: should all the umbrellas get together? - Third Sector

10 - Charities urged to take part in risk managment survey - Third Sector

3 - PKF [and CFDG] launches 2008 risk survey - Charity Times

June - Efficiency drivers: Roger Parry reports on benchmarking the role of finance in the UK VCS - Caritas

June - Out of the Maze: Keith Hickey, Ernese Skinner and Peter Griffiths summarize some of the main issues covered by the 2008 Charity Pension Maze - Charity Finance

June - Stakes and dips: Ian Allsop attends CFDG's annual conference - Charity Finance

Early summer - Pension Issues - Charities Management

May

14 - Charity finance group plans green standards - Third Sector

12 - Beware pension maze, warns CFDG - Third Sector

9 - Finance conference addresses accountability - Third Sector

9 - Pensions a puzzle for charity finances - Birmingham Post

7 - Finance directors urged to join audit committees - Third Sector

5 - Charities vulnerable to pension changes - Pensions Week

2 - Winners of online accounts awards announced - Third Sector

May - Ernese Skinner takes a look at what Darling has done for the sector in the latest Budget - Caritas

May - Gift Aid administration headache - Caritas

May - Charities under pressure from increased pension burdens - Professional Pensions

April

29 - Charity schemes 'jumping through hoops' due to over-regulation - Pensions News

April - Paul Breckell explains why charity finance directors should see themselves as leaders - Caritas

April - Costs of public service delivery creep up - Charity Finance

April - Concern at removal of staff hire VAT concession - Charity Finance

April - Debate forum: financial reporting thresholds - Charity Times

March

13 - Temporary staff hire tax 'will cost one charity £300k a year' - Third Sector

12 - Minister rules out sector's Gift Aid proposal - Third Sector

12 - Three more years for current Gift Aid level - Third Sector

12 - Charity Tax Group still hopefully for accounts-based Gift Aid - Third Sector

5 - Most finance directors would welcome flexitime - Third Sector

5 - Hopes fade on sector's plans for Gift Aid reform - Third Sector

March - Risky business: Anita Pati on how charities can identify and manage risk - VS Magazine

March - Red tape set to ruse for charities delivering public sector contracts - Caritas

March - Keith Hickey reviews what the Interpretation for Public Benefit Entities means for charities - Caritas

March - Kate Hand outlines the key areas CFDG wants to see included in the forthcoming Budget - Caritas

February

27 - New 'essential' guide to charity finance - Third Sector

20 - Analysis: Why the CFDG has taken up the case for relaxing the trading rules - Third Sector

20 - Gift Aid coalition 'confident' of Treasury's compliance - Professional Fundraising

12 - Treasury ruged to reform Gift Aid - Third Sector

11 - CFDG calls for simplification from Treasury - Charity Times

7 - Sector opposes extension of Freedom of Information Act - Third Sector

February - The Right Package - Charity Finance

January

31 - Creating Change - Accountancy Age

For older articles featuring CFDG, please see the CFDG News Archive.