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High costs, low standards
As a new survey reveals the cost to industry of sub-standard schooling, another partnership initiative is launched to get business committed to NVQs and education and training targets.
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Communities &
Community Development
The Community Development Foundation has just published its second annual report examining key national issues facing communities in the light of developments over the last year.
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Guinness - drinking the
health of community
Some of Britain's most long established companies have brewing origins, their very longevity resulting in a sustained track record of corporate community involvement. Among the oldest is Guinness.
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Beyond Charitable Giving
Per Cent Club issues its annual report with a study about benefits 'beyond charitable giving'. Founded in December 1986 at the instigation of HRH The Prince of Wales, the Per Cent Club has just published its sixth annual report
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Demonstrating value for
money
Is it not time companies also devised methods to monitor and evaluate their corporate community involvement programmes?
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Marks & Spencer -
Bucking the trend successfully
Marks and Spencer is one of Britain's most consistently successful businesses, and is one of the biggest corporate donors, but the company follows its own distintive and traditional approach.
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Opportunity 2000, Arts,
International and Partnership News
Opportunity 2000, the campaign to improve the balance of women and men in the workforce, published its first annual report on November 17 at a meeting in London attended by 300 executives from public and private sector employers.
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Opportunity 2000
- marks the first birthday of its campaign to redress the gender balance at work.
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Tax effective giving
No one like paying more tax than necessary. So how should companies take advantage of the concessions the government offers?
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