Trading

IMSRadio.net is offering charity shops the opportunity to provide background music at no ongoing cost, representing an alternative to the royalty fees that charity shops have to pay to the Performing

Oxfam has launched its largest appeal for donated books to counter the drop in volume its bookshops have experienced.

Two West Midlands companies that operated a charity clothing collection scam have been wound up in The High Court following an investigation by The Insolvency Service.

Edinburgh’s football clubs, Hearts and Hibs, have put aside their rivalries to take part in a joint fundraising initiative with a local home assistance company.

Online multi-charity clothes retailer Click Collection has opened for business, enabling charities without shops to generate income from donated clothing.

Charity shops in the UK handled nearly £1 billion of turnover in 2011, a record amount, and an increase of 3.6% on the previous year.

Tenner, the social enterprise programme for school children, is inviting expressions of interest from organisations that wish to take the programme over.

Sell Donate Trade is a new service that is offering to raise funds for charities by handling and selling donated gold and jewellery.

Microdonations service Pennies has now generated £500,000 for UK charities. The number of microdonations it has handled has doubled in the past six months to two million.

British Heart Foundation (BHF) Shops have achieved their most profitable year of trading to date, with a profit of over £31 million in 2011-2012.