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Feb 29 2016
Environmental social governance (ESG) Investment

How is local government using social investment?

Geetha Rabindrakumar, Head of Social Sector Engagement, Big Society Capital talks about how local authorities are using innovative new social investment methods to tackle long term problems in the midst of a challenging financial climate.

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Feb 22 2016
Governance legal and compliance

Charities need to do the walk, not just the talk and invest in financial leadership

Last week, ACCA and Responsible Finance, launched an insightful report into the finance function within non-for-profit organisations. The report isn’t too long, and I’d encourage every finance professional in the ...

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Feb 12 2016
Accounting and reporting Charity finance policy Environmental social governance (ESG) Governance legal and compliance Tax and VAT

Hunting for the silver lining; the IFS, the economy and charities.

This week I attended the IFS’s Green Budget 2016 event, which provides an essential commentary on the economic issues facing the current government over the next Parliament. The report comes at a pertinent time as the world economy faced a turbulent week in the stock markets. I’m going to look what this could mean for the charity sector by 2020.

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Feb 10 2016
IT technology and digital Leadership and career development

If digital transformation means agile working, what are the implications for finance?

This guest blog is by Nevil Durrant, Finance Director at Eduserv. Eduserv are delivering two workshops at CFG's IT and Data Insight conference on 2 March, 2016. Find out more and book your place on the CFG website.

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Feb 5 2016
Governance legal and compliance

Charging charities for their regulation: A fait accompli?

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