The NCVO report ‘Planning for Tomorrow’s Workforce: Understanding skills and skills gaps in the sector’ has revealed information about diversity within the charity sector. Charities are putting emphasis on staff having advanced qualifications: over half of the voluntary workforce is educated to a degree level and over 70% of voluntary organisations ask for applicants to…
The report from Parliament’s DCMS Committee finds that garden tourism has much more economic potential yet to be exploited. MPs believe that the benefits that gardens bring to the tourism industry are ‘’not properly understood’’ and ‘’underestimated in financial, social and cultural terms’’. The Committee also wants garden design to be recognised as part of…
The Charity Commission has published a new study finding that only around half of charity accounts reviewed met the regulator’s external scrutiny benchmark. 296 charities were assessed against a new external scrutiny benchmark developed by the Charity Commission to determine whether a minimum standard of scrutiny by auditors and independent examiners has been met. The benchmark is…
A huge hoard of silver coins dating back to the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings could be declared as treasure. The 2,528 silver coins were found in the Chew Valley, north-east Somerset, by a group of metal detectorists. The British Museum said it was the second largest find of Norman coins ever in the…
The UK technology sector has attracted more investment into the UK this year than it did for the whole of 2018 – according to Tech Nation the digital economy is now a larger employer than sectors such as hospitality and financial services with each employing 2.1 million, 1.3 million, and 1.2 million people respectively. Between…
£250,000 of funding will be awarded to venues across the UK to improve their broadband connectivity to help them attract more events. The event venues applying will have to have conference facilities that bid for events which attract international delegates. The average value per project will be approximately £30,000. The winners of the competition will…
Chancellor Sajid Javid has declared that over £600 million will be invested to support the building of 50,000 new homes in high demand areas in England. The funding will be available through the Housing Infrastructure Fund. The fund has already allocated £1.3 billion to build 76,500 homes. The five projects being funded will take place…
The next round of applications for the Local Digital Fund, which helps boost services has opened. The funding is used to improve public services for residents through innovative uses of digital technology. Councils are expected to work together to do this. The opening of the application process was announced on 19th August by Government Minister…
The Government is making a call to run a project to support the skills development of employed migrants and of Black and Minority Ethnic participants. Both the Migrant Workers Programme and the Ethnic Minority Support Programme would have approximately £2 million funding each from the European Social Fund. The projects would have to take place…
The Digital Secretary Nicky Morgan has launched a competition to test the applications of 5G technology in rural areas. Up to ten rural locations will be chosen to run innovative trials of 5G applications and stimulate commercial investment in 5G technology. The Digital Secretary said: ‘’We’re investing millions so the whole country can grasp the…
