When folk are fearful about their and their family’s future what should social entrepreneurs do? Resolve to co-operate and collaborate.

Response to The Scottish Government news about procurement reform and the release of the Jimmy Reid Foundation report

Oh why rest here you yurt dwelling dissenters? You expose our political and financial connections, material attachments and hermeneutical struggles. Yet we espouse the same things - sort of...

Social Enterprise Scotland is launching a new short movie today to highlight the social and economic impact of social enterprise.

I’ve been reading a Senscot piece that was concerned with the way Big Society Capital is positioning its investment strategy.

The Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition changed its name to Social Enterprise Scotland yesterday, after a unanimous vote in favour by social enterprise members of the organisation.

Social Enterprise Scotland and Social Enterprise UK join forces to create world’s biggest social enterprise event

Liberating Housing Associations...I admire RSLs but could not stand the interference they have to put up with.

About a new town housing development and the question of social enterprises involved in a lucrative opportunity

Who would be thrown out of a hot air balloon to keep it from crashing...you are the only social entrepreneur...

One of the problems social enterprises face is that they aren’t the biggest businesses in the world.

Now that the chatterati have had their say on the UK underclass, here is my tuppence worth.

Our regular Scottish think piece in The Guardian

Anyone out there from the sticks who wants to protect the environment, employ folk, harvest an enemy of local fauna and get into the food business?

Two new initiatives launched today

Morethanprofitman - Well, did you read it? My reaction to the Christie Commission Report is largely “where’s the beef”?

Social enterprises prove their value because of the impact of their work on so many social levels

You can now download a copy of our new annual report for 2010/11

"...civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons" Maybe we should insert "care homes"

Morethanprofitman: The work of Jeffrey Timmons is often used in entrepreneurship teaching...

Antonia Swinson, Chief Executive, has now moved on from the Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition

Morethanprofitman - We could transform university campuses into CIC EZs and businesses there will receive tax breaks...

A recent wheeze is for GPs in England to become investors in a private health firm (IHP)

The regular Coalition column in the Guardian talking about the latest news from Scotland

Politicians sign Charter supporting social enterprise at annual Social Enterprise Fair - S2S

New Programme for Government, Economic Strategy and Scottish Spending Review

I was pondering if our sector’s governance capacity and short termism are strengths, weaknesses or both. Maybe it is time to bring in some fresh (private sector) perspective to give us their insight into our world.

Chief Executive of Third Sector Hebrides, one of Scotland’s most successful social enterprises, Alasdair Nicholson, and Stonelaw High School in Glasgow are celebrating after each winning a prestigious UK Social Enterprise Award.

Bringing public sanitation through social enterprise

Parts of the UK budget announcement have been welcomed by the Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition.

Whoever “#hackercup2011” is, his/her recent hack post on Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook fan page is a great example of the power of the web and social networks to spread a message.

The English NHS has grabbed the CIC model and intends to reform its organisational structures accordingly.

UK finals will follow Voice11 on 30th March at The O2 in London

Photographic exhibition unveiled at parliamentary reception, hosted by John Park MSP.

What is a hero?

The Social Enterprise Scotland Awards 2011 event last night was a great success.

News

Apparently everything sucks: Cameron’s Big Society draws sniggers from the political elite, funding for voluntarism and social entrepreneurship is in crisis...

The Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition has announced the shortlist for the Social Enterprise Awards Scotland 2011

I like France and the French and coming across an article on private social investment in France I now like them even more.

27 March 2012 - 27 March 2012

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