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New design £50 note introduced

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Chris Salmon holding the new-style £50 banknote - front of note

From today very fortunate street collectors will notice a new design for the £50 note, featuring the 18th century business partnership of entrepreneur Matthew Boulton and engineer James Watt.

Scope pilots £20 million bond programme as new income source

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Disability charity Scope is to pilot a £20 million bond programme to generate a new source of funds.

Charities get accounting help

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20th October 2011

42 delegates attended the 'Charitable accounting' event run by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in Maidstone earlier this month.

Tax changes may have caused big drop in donations in Ireland

Changes in Irish tax rules brought in in 2007 may be having the effect of reducing the amount of money which is donated to charity by high earners, according to a study undertaken by the Community Fou

Financial performance of 100 charitable trusts to be revealed

A six-year study of the financial performance of 100 charitable trusts will be published later this month by Bill Bruty Associates.

Charity Bank campaign promotes ethical saving

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Charity Bank has begun a national education campaign to educate the population about ethical savings.

Allia's latest charitable bonds release £250,000 in grants

Social investment organisation Allia has raised a further £1.8 million through its charitable bonds, releasing £250,000 of grant funding to a range of charitable causes.

HMRC still favours electronic payments, not cheques, for Gift Aid repayments

Although the Payments Council recently decided not to withdraw the use of cheques in 2018 as originally planned, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is reminding charities that it will continue to move to mak

CAF Bank customers to have low-cost card payment terminals

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The 16,000 customers of CAF Bank, the not-for-profit banking subsidiary of the Charities Aid Foundation, now have the facility to accept payments by credit or debit card as a result of a partnership w

Charities Online Financial Reporting and Accounts Awards 2011 announced

This memorable celebration took place on Thursday 30 June at Chartered Accountant’s Hall where various charities were honoured for demonstrating excellence and innovation in online financial reporting

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