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Tag Archives: Community Interest Company
Minority Report
Last week I won an award in the Yorkshire region as the Outstanding Business Woman of the year and ended up doing an hour long broadcast on the local BBC…a kind of Desert Island Discs. I say this not to … Continue reading
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Tagged big society, Big Society Bank, CiC, Community Interest Company, DWP, employment, homeless, Homelessness, jobs, Leeds, Social Enterprise, The Create Foundation, unemployment, Worklessness
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Outcomes and intentions
I am not always a big fan of the big smoke, but yesterday London was great. Actually, I think London was probably the same as it always was but the day itself was great! After two meetings with potential investors, … Continue reading
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Tagged big society, CiC, Community Interest Company, consultation, DWP, employment, homeless, Homelessness, jobs, Leeds, networking, retail, Social Enterprise, The Create Foundation, unemployment, Worklessness
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1316 and all that
There seems to be massive concerns about the rapid level of environmental change and irreparable environmental damage. Those who lend money secured against property have suffered the largest scale losses in human history. There is a sense that the government … Continue reading
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Tagged big society, CiC, Community Interest Company, consultation, DWP, employment, homeless, Homelessness, networking, Social Enterprise, The Create Foundation, unemployment, Worklessness
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words, words, words
There has been a leak. Well not a very important one I think in the cosmic scheme of things, not compared to a wiki-leaks-list-of-people-we-hate-and-want-to-kill-and-directions-to-find-them face book type of leak. On Monday, quite quietly, the government had a leak. A leak … Continue reading
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Tagged big society, CiC, Community Interest Company, employment, government leaks, homeless, Homelessness, language, Social Enterprise, unemployment, Worklessness
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a game of monopoly
I have been going to a lot of meetings recently. With partners, with investors, with Big Society ministers-kind-of-thing and I have started to think more recently… What should I take? Should it be the top hat or the jaguar, leaving … Continue reading
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Tagged big society, Big Society Bank, Community Interest Company, DWP, employment, homeless, Homelessness, monopoly, Social Enterprise, The Create Foundation, unemployment, Worklessness
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deal or no deal
Let’s be honest Endemol are the gods of car crash TV. Love it or hate it they have the format cracked and they very very rarely get it wrong. Some of their formats work better in some countries and some … Continue reading
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Tagged big society, Big Society Bank, CiC, Community Interest Company, employment, homeless, Homelessness, Leeds, Social Enterprise, The Create Foundation, unemployment, Worklessness
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the beating heart
When I mentioned last time about riding the waves I didn’t realise how wet I was going to get! The last week has been filled with meeting with investors and partners and government ministers who are all fascinated with … Continue reading
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This weeks budget…fireworks or fluff?
I’d anticipated budget day more eagerly this year than in the past. Would it be a budget for economic recovery or an election winner? Would Social Enterprise and indeed the SME sector in general win any favours or would we … Continue reading
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Tagged Community Interest Company, employment, Homelessness, Leeds, Social Enterprise, The Create Foundation, Worklessness
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Welcome to my first ever blog!
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle. Continue reading
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Tagged Community Interest Company, Homelessness, Leeds, Social Enterprise, Worklessness
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doing business that matters 