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DEC 2011: The Charities Act 2011 has now received the Royal Assent and will take effect from 14 March 2012, replacing almost all existing charity law in England and Wales.  Kubernesis has announced a half-day rapid review of the Act, on the day it comes into effect.

FEB 2011: The start dates for Charitable Incorporated Organisations in Scotland (SCIOs) has now been confirmed as 1 April 2011.  The implementation regulations are now made.  SCIOs are not just for charities whose work in mainly in Scotland – we believe many new charities with plans to operate UK-wide could find the SCIO is the ideal structure.  The Kubernesis Partnership LLP is fully geared up to support the set up of new SCIOs right away - contact us for details.  Click here for a short article by Gareth Morgan on the implementation of SCIOs.  The start of CIOs in England and Wales is still not finally confirmed, but is likely to be in spring 2012.

NOV 2010: Gareth Morgan was recently interviewed on a special edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme File on Four on the state of the charity sector in the UK following the Government’s spending cuts (programme first broadcast on 9 Nov 2010).

You can listen to the programme here (GM’s contribution is towards the end – if you wish to go directly to his input, fast forward to 35 minutes). File on 4