Given how important charity is in Britain, and how it is expected to do yet more in the future as the state does less, it remains perversely difficult to donate in a tax-efficient way... more
High street banks asked to offer specialist charitable giving accounts after report estimates they could boost donations by up to £1 billion a year
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In 2003, a US trading firm went bust in 17 seconds after an employee accidentally turned on a trading algorithm, one of those high-speed computer programmes that buys and sells shares automatically in fractions of a second... more
A 33-year-old man died five years after suffering brain injuries in a fall as he attempted a huge jump in a snowboarding park in the Austrian Alps, an inquest hears
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Southern Cross, the struggling care homes group, appoints a slew of executives - including a head of restructuring who worked as a turnaround director for the NHS - as it tries to negotiate rent reductions with landlords... more
The outdoor poster advertising industry was given a let-off today as the Office of Fair Trading rejected calls for a Competition Commission probe... more
Entrepreneur Luke Johnson and former Labour policy guru Matthew Taylor didn’t have the easiest of rides at the Royal Society of Arts AGM on John Adam Street this week, City Spy hears... more
Former finance chief at the London Philharmonic Orchestra faces jail for a swindle involving thousands of pounds to fund holidays, designer clothes, art and jewellery... more
IBM disappoints investors with decline in new technology services contracts, while a weaker euro hits revenue to send its shares down more than 4%... more
Four former directors of iSoft, the IT firm at the heart of a £2 billion NHS computer upgrade, are charged with conspiracy to make misleading statements... more
Xavier Rolet stamped his authority as new chief executive of the London Stock Exchange with an £18 million deal to bring the market's key trading technology back in-house... more
Golf: Rory McIlroy will go into the second round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship later today trying to block out any thoughts of a potential dream tie with Tiger Woods.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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