The topic everyone is talking about in the education world: VAT. In this blog, Senior Consultant Annarosa Muscatelli explores what this means for the sector and what Cairney & Company’s top takeaways are.

Get to know the Cairney & Company team more! Every quarter, as part of our newsletter we’ll feature a member of our team so you can get to know a little bit about each of them. This time, we get to know Senior Partner, Kurstin Finch Gnehm!

Founder and CEO of Cairney and Company, Karen Cairney, recently had the pleasure of meeting with Professor Jon Timmis, the new Vice-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University to discuss the first year in his new role, his unconventional route to Higher Education and the transformational impact universities can have on lives.

Amidst the current financial stresses in higher education, where does advancement fit in supporting the institutions we work in and with?  

Get to know the Cairney & Company team more! Every quarter, as part of our newsletter we’ll feature a member of our team so you can get to know a little bit about each of them. This time, we get to know Cairney Partner, Alex Scott

Have you ever wondered how to grab the attention of your donors and differentiate yourself... Senior Consultant, Annarosa Muscatelli, explores this in the final part of the blog series on Major Donor Stewardship.

Founder and CEO of Cairney and Company, Karen Cairney, had the pleasure to meet recently with Professor Nic Beech, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford to discuss his first year in post, the civic role of the University and the potential of philanthropy and alumni engagement to support the University’s ambitions.

Get to know the Cairney & Company team more! Every quarter, as part of our newsletter we’ll feature a member of our team so you can get to know a little bit about each of them. This time, we get to know Senior Consultant, Annarosa!

Here are our key takeaways from the CASE Insights on Philanthropy survey (formerly the CASE-Ross Survey).

Take a peek inside Street Soccer Scotland with Cairney & Company who are delighted to sponsor a women’s team.

What is the secret to good donor stewardship? The answers may surprise you! Read our latest findings on good strewardship.

Reflections from Cairney Partner, Colin McCallum following a recent meeting of the IDPE Scottish Meeting.

What is the secret to good donor stewardship? The answers may surprise you!

If there’s one thing we know about fundraising at Cairney & Company, it’s that change is the only constant.

For Karen Cairney, international travel is a regular part of the job. Here she shares her top tips for travelling for work and reflects on what it means to be a global consulting firm.

CEAC2023 was buzzing with activity, debate and ideas. As Gold sponsors and key speakers, Cairney & Company were delighted to be in the thick of it. Here, Karen shares her highlights, hot topics and what needs to be front of mind for the coming year.

Now in its third decade, the CASE-Ross survey is one of the best ways to ‘take the temperature’ of university fundraising. So, what are our key takeaways this year?

Cairney & Company is pleased to welcome Professor Sir Michael Arthur as Strategic Adviser. Sir Michael brings a wealth of experience, having previously led two highly successful university fundraising campaigns at the University of Leeds and University College London. 

This #IWD2023, the theme is #EmbraceEquity. We spoke to CEO Karen Cairney to ask her about her observations of equity across HE and philanthropy.