Major Gift

It's the talk of the steamie, as they say up here. With everyone trying to discern the motives behind Blair's gesture.

Thanks to Sacha Tremain, Major Donor Research Manager at The National Trust for bringing a blog on prospect research to my attention.

The latest (free) newsletter from Business in the Community includes a link to an article in The Guardian, on the pay (mostly bonuses) of “City staff”.

The recent study into donor motivations and behaviour featured earlier this month in the Chronicle of Philanthropy made for interesting – and potentially useful – reading.

On the sidelines of the world cup games, some smaller games are being played for very noble ambitions.

A recent (free) Wealth Bulletin newsletter referred to an extract from Felix Dennis’ new book – “88 The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of Money”.

BBC Radio 4 broadcast an item on the Human Library the other day. Apparently, The Human Library is designed to promote dialogue, reduce prejudices and encourage understanding.

The Sunday Telegraph has just reported that Natalie Massenet is soon to receive a windfall of at least £50 million following Richemont’s £350 million takeover of the remaining 70% of Net A-Porter (onl

I see that The Times reports that City buyers are as keen as ever to be “lords of the manor”.

Well, how are we all doing then?