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Barchester donation helps abridged version of Plastic Shores film reach secondary schools

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Barchester donation helps abridged version of Plastic Shores film reach secondary schools

As part of our policy to donate 5% of our profits to charity and social enterprises, we were delighted to contribute funds to help produce an abridged version of the environmental documentary Plastic Shores so that it could be used as an educational tool in secondary schools.

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Al Gore’s powerful call to action for shareholder and investor engagement

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Al Gore’s powerful call to action for shareholder and investor engagement

ShareAction Annual Lecture with Al Gore of Generation Asset Management.

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Barchester comes out top in Financial Adviser mystery shopper test

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Barchester comes out top in Financial Adviser mystery shopper test

Last month, unknown to us at the time, we had a call from a mystery shopper looking for mortgage advice. We were delighted to find out that Barchester came out top in the test.

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Child Benefit Changes 2013 – reducing the income tax charge through pension contributions

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Child Benefit Changes 2013 – reducing the income tax charge through pension contributions

From 7th January 2013, child benefit is means tested for the first time. If you earn over £50,000 and claim child benefit, the changes could increase your tax bill by thousands.

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Top ten ethical investment funds based on financial performance

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Top ten ethical investment funds based on financial performance

Fund performance over 12 months, 3 years and 5 years. Looking at the last 12 months returns the top ten performers have delivered exceptional double-digit gains with CIS Sustainable Leaders Trust setting the pace with 19.39% and Jupiter Responsible Income …

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High social impact investment – an ethical investment trend to watch in 2012/2013

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The growth of high social impact investment.

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Ethical Investment Winners and Spinners 2012

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Ethical Investment Winners and Spinners 2012

Our annual ranking of funds represents our view on the best and worst in the ethical and environmental investment sector.

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