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Liniar partners with Investors in Community
Derbyshire-based Liniar says it is committed to “doing the right thing” after joining the Investors in Community platform. The company, which specialises
in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) windows, doors and conservatories, will use the programme to find charities and organisations to support while also offering volunteering help to good causes.
‘During the past 12 months, Liniar has made a positive difference to many’
Organisations including the Chamber, Specsavers and Balfour Beatty also use the platform to carry out their CSR activity. Liniar group managing director
Martin Thurley said: “During the past 12 months, Liniar has made a positive difference to many lives by donating more than 35,000 protective visors to key workers. “We see the Investors in
Community platform as a streamlined way to expand the support we can offer as a business – we were particularly drawn to the way the charities receive 100% of any fundraising money. “Our team will be able to find
volunteering opportunities and other ways to ‘give back’ and the platform also offers the means for us to measure and track the impact of our CSR activity.” Liniar, based in Denby Hall
Business Park, is part of the Quanex group of companies across the world and employs 500 people. It includes “communities” as one of its four key pillars. Chesterfield-based Investors in
Community’s platform is designed to connect businesses with charities and good causes in their local areas. It has helped facilitate hundreds
of measurable volunteering hours, donations, and fundraising projects by firms across the country. Managing director Philip Webb
said: “The reality is there are thousands of charities and community groups across the country doing amazing work in places like Derbyshire. However, there’s still the tendency for corporate giving to be focused on the bigger charities. “It is great to be working with
Martin and the team and to hear they want to extend the work they have done in the past to make a real difference in their local community and to make connections that have a lasting impact.”
Businesses must build links with communities
Businesses can thrive post- pandemic if they continue to diversify and build links with their communities, says a Derby accountancy firm as the UK continues to ease lockdown restrictions. Many companies have adapted
throughout the past year to survive and Beverley Wakefield, co-founder of Duffield Road-based Vibrant Accountancy, believes a constant stream of new ideas will be important if they are to continue blossoming. Beverley, who set up the
company with business partner Ian Ball just four months before the first coronavirus lockdown, said: “We all need to continue to support
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people around the world. “There have been some great
Beverley Wakefield with business partner Ian Ball
local and build on our community – but not close the door to global as there are more opportunities out there and with technology being so advanced these days, it’s so easy to create new relationships with
examples of businesses altering and doing things that their customers want – some online experiences supported by physical presence, a mix of services and new products. Let’s continue to challenge and change, and keep that human approach which has been so warming to see during the pandemic.” Over the past 12 months,
Beverley has supported clients by dissecting Government legislation and guidance for them, as well as simplifying furlough policies. She believes business owners
must budget carefully going forward with different savings pots
to make informed decisions. “Know the ‘pinch points’, when
you need funding and when you need to drive more revenue to create yourself new sales targets,” Beverley added. “The grants that have been
received as a lifeline are also taxable, so remember to plot in when your corporation tax will be payable. Also factor in when you need to pay your ongoing VAT, plus anything else that you have deferred to pay at a later date. “We need to ensure that we’re
able to make the most of this and the new roadmap to ensure that our businesses are starting on the front foot – cash-rich businesses do not fail.”
Philip Webb
Liniar is one of a number of companies to make a commitment to help others
PLATFORM BOOSTS IIC'S TEAM
Investors in Community (IIC) has expanded its team after witnessing a 68% increase in the number of charities using the platform since March last year. The Teenage Cancer Trust, British Heart Foundation and Mind are among the organisations to use it for connecting with businesses and individuals. Donations have increased by 600% since the first national lockdown
as traditional methods of fundraising were disrupted, while the number of businesses and individuals using the platform have risen by 50% and 100% respectively. The growth has resulted in two new additions to the Investors in
Community team, with Juliet Thompson and Nadea Van Der Merwe appointed as relationship manager and executive assistant respectively.
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