Prospect researcher Matthew Iredale has set up a website for prospect and fundraising researchers with the aim of providing advice, information and support for those who carry out research in fundraising departments in the UK.
Forbes magazine has published its list of the world's wealthiest people. The list of 946 billionaires found that two-thirds of them have increased their wealth over the past year, and the average age has dropped by two years to 62.
The combined net worth of the billionaires on the list increased by $900 billion to $3.5 trillion.
The Daily Mail reports that there are 1,352 streets in the UK that have average house prices of £1 million or more, and has published a list of the top 200. In 2000, only 322 streets met that criterion.
The TaxPayers' Alliance, the grassroots campaign for lower taxes, has for the first time published a list of the 171 most highly paid people in the public sector. To qualify people have to earn more than £150,000 a year and work in government departments, quangos, other public bodies and public corporations.
Fundraising consultancy Action Planning has announced 'Wealth Intelligence', a new resource for fundraisers who need to identify and secure new major donors. Launched at last week's 'Raising funds from the Rich' conference, Wealth Intelligence has been developed in partnership with research specialists Prospecting for Gold.
The Researchers in Fundraising group will hold their annual conference on 1 November at the UCU Conference Centre, 27 Britannia Street, London. The conference's theme will be "Research and the City".
Having more than a million dollars these days just isn't enough, it seems, if you wish to make it onto the Forbes 400 list. The minimum entry level is now one billion dollars.
For the first time since it was set up in 1982 Forbes magazine's list of the wealthiest Americans includes not one millionaire. All 400 are billionaires, with a combined wealth of $1.25 trillion.
Matrix-Data, the specialists in wealth information, and fundraising research specialists Prospecting for Gold have partnered to launch MID-AS, "the UK's largest factual private wealth intelligence database."
