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The Office of the Third Sector (OTS) is looking for a chair and twelve members for its new advisory board to advise ministers, and the OTS in overseeing the implementation...

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The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has announced that an extra £37m would be made available for social enterprises.

Speaking by voice message at Voice08, a conference on social enterprise in Liverpool,...

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Mayoral candidate Boris Johnson has urged London's booming financial services industry to give back some of the vast sums of money it makes in the City to help the capital’s...

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The Conservative party has plans to make London the world’s “undisputed leader in green finance” with its proposal to create the first trading market for green technology companies, reports the...

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Social enterprises struggle to marry financial sustainability with core missions and it is unreasonable to expect them to do so, says a new report from the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).

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The UK’s sweet tooth just got a sustainable kick as Tate & Lyle announces that its sugar sold in shops is to be Fairtrade accredited.

This will make the company the...

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A new report by McKinsey, the management consultancy, shows that few companies feel that their philanthropy programmes are meeting their objectives.

The report, The state of corporate philanthropy: a McKinsey global...

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The government’s decision to nationalise Northern Rock bank has seen a commitment to guarantee a minimum income of £15m a year to the Northern Rock Foundation (NRF) for the next...

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Fairtrade Fortnight, beginning February 25th, will celebrate the success of the growing industry and raise more awareness of the many things consumers can do to support fairtrade, which now includes...

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Online philanthropy platforms promise to transform the quality and quantity of resources available for domestic and international development, but questions exist about whether they keep promises and are revolutionising philanthropic...

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