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GLL CEO wins social enterprise category at Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
Oct 19, 2012Mark Sesnan, CEO of award-winning social enterprise GLL, has won the top award in the social enterprise category for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2012.
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Peter Holbrook named a Mutuals Ambassador for the Cabinet Office
Oct 18, 2012Fledgling and existing mutuals will be given a helping hand from 15 inspiring individuals, including SEUK's Peter Holbrook, Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude announced today.
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Blackpool a finalist in the Social Enterprise Awards
Oct 17, 2012Blackpool is one of four 'towns' through to the finals, taking place in London in November. Early bird tickets on sale until this Friday.
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Investment opportunity in Northern Ireland’s first wind energy co-operative
Oct 17, 2012SEUK member, Energy4All, are encouraging ethical investors to invest in Northern Ireland’s first community-owned wind energy co-operative.
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Competition launched to see how technology can be used to create jobs
Oct 16, 2012Live UnLtd and Forward Foundation have launched an exciting new competition, Tech2Job, for young people.
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Dementia Adventure wins £15,000 Santander Social Enterprise Development Award
Oct 16, 2012The £15,000 award will be used to help fund a new community engagement worker who will building links with dementia groups across Essex and the UK, to support the expansion of this Community Interest Company.
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Guide launched to help charities become more socially enterprising
Oct 15, 2012As charities adapt to the tough funding environment, a new free guide is launched today in response to a rise in demand for information and advice about how they can become a social enterprise.
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Social enterprise reading round-up
Oct 13, 2012Nick Temple, SEUK's Director of Business and Enterprise, blogs about this month's interesting articles and pieces related to the social enterprise sector.
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‘RBS Inspiring Youth Enterprise’ to provide grants of up to £50,000 to organisations supporting youth enterprise
Oct 12, 2012RBS takes action as survey reveals young entrepreneurs are putting business plans on ice.
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Shortlisted for a Social Enterprise Award in the Home Nations
Oct 12, 2012Find out who has been shortlisted in Wales, Scotland and England Home Nations.
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Social enterprises should buy more from each other, says sector body
Oct 11, 2012SEUK has launched a campaign to get social enterprises buying from one another. The Buy Social campaign asks social economy organisations to ‘do a great deal’ by buying the products and services they need from social enterprises.
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Social enterprises in the UK can receive free placements with talented people from all over the EU
Oct 10, 2012The Social Enterprise Europe Erasmus Project is interested in applications from social entrepreneurs & enterprises.
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New service for communities wanting to raise finance for co-operative and community-owned enterprises
Oct 08, 2012A new service for the growing number of communities wanting to raise finance for co-operative and community-owned enterprises has been launched, by the Minister for Communities and Local Government, Don Foster.
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Social Vision 2012 competition open for entries
Oct 05, 2012In partnership with SEUK and Social Enterprise Live, Triodos Bank have launched a photography competition that sets out to find the pictures that encompass the best of social business.
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Pre-feasibility grants of between £5-10k now available to community enterprises...
Oct 05, 2012The Social Investment Business in partnership with Locality have Pre-Feasibility Grants available for amounts of up to £10,000 for organisations to build internal capacity to help them to compete to deliver public services and/or own and manage assets.
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