Parliament on Thursday voted through a bill abolishing the social support body – offering financial assistance to disadvantaged students – and transferring its operations and assets to the State Scholarships Foundation. The bill that passed was co-sponsored by Akel MP Stefanos Stefanou, Disy’s Kyriacos Hadjiyianni and Volt MP Alexandra Attalidou. In remarks on the House
The Prince of Wales celebrated the “amazing legacy” of Dame Deborah James after a fund set up shortly before her death raised over £20m. Prince William posted on his Instagram to say the achievement by the Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK was “an incredible milestone and an amazing legacy”. He added: “Deborah is in
A new £15,000 fund has been launched to help inspire more young people across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin into careers in construction, engineering and STEM. Dodd Group, a long-established Building services and Property Maintenance company with strong roots in the region, has partnered with Shropshire Community Foundation to launch The Dodd Group Fund. Organisations
Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are now open for the Buckinghamshire Growth Fund, with a deadline of 5pm on Friday, April 17. The fund is a direct outcome of the council’s Economic Growth Plan, adopted in September 2025, which sets out an ambition to grow the local economy by two per cent each year. The plan
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Hedge funds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The years-long feud between the founders of quant hedge fund giant Two Sigma deepened after one of its new co-chief executives appointed to quell the turmoil quietly left last month. The departure of former Lazard
Applications have opened for community groups in Lancaster and Morecambe to receive part of a £20k fund from the university Lancaster University has opened applications for the 2026 Community Benefit Fund, in which local groups in Lancaster and Morecambe can bid for a share of £20,000. In the 12 years it has been running, the
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Smyth said she believed many people who really need extra help will not get it. “We did some research in the Eden area a couple of years ago, and most of the people we spoke to who were entitled to benefits were just not applying for them,” she said. “It’s just how it is in
Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN] is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton and serving clients in over 150 countries. Franklin Templeton’s mission is to help clients achieve better outcomes through investment management expertise, wealth management and technology solutions. Through its specialist investment managers, the company offers specialization on a global scale,