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Winston Churchill to appear on new version of £5 note

Draft design of Winston Churchill on £5: copyright The Bank of England

Sir Winston Churchill is likely to appear on a new version of the £5 note from 2016, so fundraisers should start noticing the new design in their collecting tins and buckets from then on.

£2.6m of bank fines for LIBOR rigging attempts are donated to service charities

LIBOR and coins by Lim Yong Hian on Shutterstock.com

The Government has passed £2.6 million to armed forces charities from fines levied on banks for attempting to manipulate the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) benchmark.

Cardsave Community expands to offer payment services to Northern Ireland charities

Cardsave Community

Cardsave Community, which offers lower cost payment processing services to charities and not-for-profit organisations, has extended its services to Northern Ireland.

Giveall2Charity launches online payroll giving platform

Giveall2Charity

Giveall2Charity, a new payroll giving agency, has launched "the first online payroll giving platform".

Government to refund value of VAT on Comic Relief single sales

One Direction - One Way or Another (single cover)

The Government has announced that it will refund to Comic Relief the value of VAT paid on the sales of its charity single, launched last week.

Allia offers social impact bond to support vulnerable children

Feet - photo: Gautier Willaume on Shutterstock

Charitable social investment organisation Allia has developed the first social impact bond to support vulnerable children at risk of entering the care system.

New edition of Charity Tax Map offers guidance on tax reliefs and compliance

Charity Tax Map 2012 - cover

The Charity Tax Group has published a new edition of its Charity Tax Map which offers detailed information and advice on the taxes that charities are subject to and the tax reliefs available.

Applications to register as a CIO open on 10 December

The Charity Commission will start accepting online registrations for Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIO) from midday on 10 December 2012.

CFG offers £5,000 prize to benefit charity finance

Adrian Randall

The Charity Finance Group (formerly the Charity Finance Directors Group) is offering a prize of £5,000 for an idea that will tackle problems or issues in charity finance.

Give it Back George campaign receives award

Give it Back George campaign - image: Virpi Oinonen

The campaign that successfully persuaded the Chancellor to reverse his proposals for limiting tax relief on charitable giving last night received an award at the Public Affairs News Awards.

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