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Businesses challenged to help children in crisis this Christmas

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Businesses are being urged to get involved with an initiative to help children who face spending Christmas in emergency accommodation after fleeing domestic violence. The Buddy Bag Foundation is looking for teams to take part in the Challenge Box scheme, to help provide essentials and home comforts to children who often have to flee leaving everything behind. Firms who want to take part should find 30 team members who will be given a shopping bag and list of items to buy. This can include pens and pencils, books, pyjamas, toothbrushes and other items. A team-building exercise can then be arranged […]

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Lee and Danny Dunne, of Payaro

Caring payments start-up set for £1.4 million turnover prepares for second round of investment

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A payments technology company which helps children escaping domestic violence with every transaction is set for a £1.4 million turnover in its first year.​ Payaro Ltd  gained initial investment late last year. Due to exponential UK growth, with a month-on-month revenue increase of 40 per cent, expansion plans have been brought forward. That means a second round of investment opportunity came earlier than anticipated.   The Staffordshire-based company backs the Buddy Bag Foundation with a percentage of each sale completed through its innovative sales systems and has pledged an additional donation of £1,000 every year. It is gearing up for a second round of investment following significant growth, and having welcomed new private equity is opening the doors to more backers to

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Caring Staffordshire start-up supports children in women’s refuge with Buddy Bag pack

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Staff at a community-focused Burton business filled 180 backpacks of essential items and teddies for children escaping violent homes.  The first Buddy Bag pack at Payaro gave its team a hands-on insight into the charity they have pledged to support with £10,000 a year.  Payaro directors Danny and Lee Dunne then delivered some of the bags to a local women’s refuge.   They were joined by Karen Williams OBE, founder of the Buddy Bag Foundation, which funds the supplies to children entering emergency accommodation entirely through donations.  Payaro is a new start-up where every time a payment is made through its payment technology, a share

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