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May 2014

  • Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne arrives at a EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels

    Social enterprise blog
    Do Maude, Grayling and Osborne get social enterprise? Let's help them

    We're preaching to the converted and as the election nears we need to use our resources more wisely, says Jonathan Jenkins.

March 2014

  • Budget Day George Osborne

    Social enterprise blog
    Why social enterprises should be celebrating on budget day

    Matt Mead explains that although much needs to be done, the government's steps to help social entrepreneurs need to be celebrated

January 2014

  • EU flags

    Social enterprise blog
    Strasbourg social enterprise conference: what did we learn?

    Dai Powell debates the success of last week's event hosted by the European Commission, and what it means for the sector

April 2012

  • stethoscope scotland

    Social enterprise blog
    Scottish local authorities must seize the opportunity of social enterprise

    Social Enterprise Scotland believes now is the time for councils to prioritise community benefit and do good business with their local social enterprises, says Fraser Kelly

October 2011

  • european commission on social business

    Social enterprise blog
    The EU should go all the way in supporting social enterprise

    Jonathan Bland: Europe should recognise the unique role social enterprise plays in the economy and society. Simply setting out policies isn't enough

September 2011

  • co-op sign

    co-operatives and mutuals
    Social enterprise: How is it making its Mark?

    The Social Enterprise Mark's criteria discriminates against co-operatives, argues Dr Rory Ridley-Duff from Sheffield Hallam University

August 2011

  • Jobcentre in London

    Social enterprise blog
    Lessons from the demise of the Future Jobs Fund

  • Stockholm

    Social enterprise blog
    Franchising: Lessons from Europe

May 2011

  • fingers and coin

    Social enterprise blog
    The government needs to put its money where its mouth is and back us

    The government is pushing for more social enterprises as part of the "big society" – but where's the money, asks Sally Higham

January 2011

  • Danny ALexander

    Social enterprise blog
    Briefing from Scotland: Highland social enterprises make the case for tax relief

    A group of social entrepreneurs went to see their local MP – also chief secretary to the Treasury – to ask that social enterprises receive the same benefits as the private sector

  • job centre

    Social enterprise blog
    Diary of a start-up social enterprise: Putting our heads above the parapet

    Releasing the policy paper United or divided? has helped drive interest in Stephen's social enterprise United for All Ages

  • Unicorn Grocers

    Social enterprise blog
    Social franchising: The next big thing for social enterprise is here (again)

    Adrian Ashton

    Social enterprises considering franchising should analyse the successes and struggles of other replicated social businessess, argues Adrian Ashton

December 2010

  • Picking applies

    Social enterprise blog
    Social enterprise - it's a bigger picture than the figures suggest

    What's the difference between a community-owned shop and a passionate farmer preserving English apple varieties in the face of commercial pressures? Nothing, says Geof Cox

  • Eric Pickles, the Tory party chairman.

    Social enterprise blog
    Localism Bill: What it means for social enterprises

    Lawyer Mark Cook explains some of the key terminology Eric Pickles' Bill introduces, and how it could help social enterprises join the community-centric revolution

  • F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi

    Social enterprise blog
    What does success look like for social entrepreneurs?

    How do you know you've made it as a social entrepreneur? When you've helped your one hundredth beneficiary? When you've set up three centres? Well, it's certainly not when you've made your first cool million, says Katharine Danton

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