Driving inclusive growth in public procurement

Mark Cook is a partner at Social Value 2032 programme partner Anthony Collins law firm, who has 30 years’ experience of procurement with well-being at its heart. As UK Parliament reconvenes this week, change is afoot with our new Government. There is a clear determination to build the economy – drawing together themes of enabling … Continued

Helping social enterprises and charities get ready to win public sector contracts

SEUK are proud to be a delivery partner on the newly launched VCSE Contract Readiness Programme. 

Delivered in partnership with the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) and Voice4 Change England, and funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) – the VCSE Contract Readiness Programme’s objective is to enable social enterprises and charities to compete alongside other organisations for public sector contracts.

The Social Value Podcast

Social Enterprise UK has launched a new podcast exploring the ways in which social value can be used to help businesses, the public sector and Government to develop a fairer, greener society.  

Our Social Value story: Siemens UK

Dietmar Harteveld, Chief Procurement Officer at Siemens UK has written this piece on how the business is working to embed social enterprises across their supply chain.