Charity Chats: Trustees’ Week special edition
Losing your voice on ethical investing, social media dangers and charities being ‘debanked’ Our panellists James Saunders, Charles Mesquita and Catherine Rustomji cover a lot of ground in 15 minutes in the latest Charity Chats. They look at NCVO’s Fuelling positive change campaign encouraging charities to consider moving towards a fossil free future. An RSPB…
READ MORECharity Chats: Summer madness
It has certainly been a very eventful summer for the charity sector, which resulted in a few raised eyebrows. Our panellists James Saunders, Charles Mesquita and Catherine Rustomji discuss a variety of issues that have affected the sector in recent months and has kept The Charity Commission very busy. The Charity Commission recently updated CC14…
READ MOREAdvertising sector update with Esther Carder, Moore Kingston Smith and Paul Bainsfair, IPA
Esther Carder, Media Partner at Moore Kingston Smith, sat down with Paul Bainsfair, Director General at IPA to discuss the current and future outlook for the advertising sector. During the discussion, they delved into: The current economic climate and the impact this has in terms of client spend The war on talent AI – the…
READ MOREWebinar recording: Busting the myths on VAT and independent school fees
In our latest webinar for the education sector, Debbie Jennings and Anjali Kothari discuss the possibility of VAT being applied to independent school fees, which would bring a number of challenges. Using practical scenarios, they looked at how best to plan for potential VAT changes and cut through the myths and “quick fixes”. Resources Schools…
READ MORECharity Chats: when a good thing goes bad – what does a successful charity really look like?
After costing the taxpayer £20 million, Coventry City of Culture Trust entered administration recently, which is where our panellists turn their attentions to. They discuss this collapse and what failed. Although seen as a high profile and successful charity in its early years, the Trust had been more recently found itself in increasingly severe financial…
READ MORECharity Chats: does charity size matter as far as effectiveness is concerned?
With Small Charity Week over for another year, the question that lingers is does size matter as far as effectiveness is concerned? Or is this just a case of negative thinking at times? Our regular panellists James Saunders, Charles Mesquita and Catherine Rustomji discuss in our latest Charity Chats the recent issues affecting charities of…
READ MOREMedia sector update with Graham Tyler, Moore Kingston Smith, and Steve Davies, APA
Graham Tyler, Head of Media and Chairman of Moore Kingston Smith, discusses the challenges faced by the media industry with Steve Davies, Chief Executive of Advertising Producers Association. Highlights 2023 to date has been a challenging time for production companies. There is a changing environment and in general the volume of work seems to have…
READ MOREM&A update in the UK media and marketing services sectors – Q2 2023
Signs of a slow down but a flight to quality Market update In Q2 2023, Moore Kingston Smith’s deal tracker recorded 104 UK media and marketing services deals. In this short video, Paul Winterflood, Corporate Finance Partner, reviews Q2 2023 M&A activity in the media and marketing services sectors and talks through the trends, notable…
READ MORECharity Chats: HMRC’s charity tax consultation
In the latest Charity Chat, James, Catherine and Charles discuss HMRC’s consultation on the effectiveness of the charity tax relief system, and recent statistics on the geography of charitable expenditure. If you have any questions or feedback for the panel, please contact James directly.
READ MOREM&A update for the UK media and marketing services sectors – Q1 2023
Market update In Q1 2023, Moore Kingston Smith’s deal tracker recorded 126 UK media and marketing services deals. Our recent Q1 2023 M&A report discusses trends, notable transactions and predictions ahead. In this short video, Paul Winterflood, Corporate Finance Partner, reviews Q1 2023 M&A activity in the media and marketing services sectors. Key points to…
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