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Scottish charities ‘benefiting from investment changes’
The charitable sector in Scotland is benefiting from wider investment opportunities, it has been suggested.
Following on from new rules which were introduced in the Charities and Trustee Investment Act for Scotland Act, those working for small charities and voluntary organisations in Scotland now have the ability to make contributions into common investment funds which are based outside of the region.
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Local government ‘must go online’ to build the workforce of the future
Online channels must become the “fundamental tool” for public sector employers to win the recruitment war for talent.
That is the view of Richard Tyrie, co-founder of online talent management specialist JGP, after further evidence emerged that online advertising spending including recruitment is rapidly overhauling that of traditional media channels.
UK online trade body the Internet Advertising Bureau recently reported a 38 per cent leap in revenues for 2007 with online recruitment helping to boost Internet channels. (more…)
Employee engagement ‘is crucial’
During the current climate of economic uncertainty, employee engagement will become an evermore important issue, it has been suggested.
According to Katie Roberts, engagement development manager for health and beauty retail chain Boots, as house prices fall and consumer spending levels drop employers should take the time to engage with their workforce and make sure that communication is at the heart of their human resources (HR) operations.
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Investment for charities ‘could be improved’
Charity investments could operate more efficiently, it has been stated.
In the Investment Matters study carried out by Beth Breeze for the Institute for Philanthropy, it was revealed that if investment performance had been improved by two per cent during the past ten years that those working for voluntary groups and charities would have received an extra £750 million in income.
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Mayoral candidates support social enterprise charter
Four leading candidates in the London mayoral election have expressed their support of those working for social enterprises, it has been revealed.
Labour’s Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson from the Conservative party, Brian Paddick and the Green Party’s Sian Berry have also signed the charter by Social Enterprise London which looks to expand the role such organisations have in delivering services.
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