Tag Archives: social enterprise

What’s So Social About Social Enterprise?

2009-03-09 by mjr

Conference This afternoon, I’ll be at What’s So Social About Social Enterprise? in Bristol. In general, I’ll be trying to support the idea that TTLLP and cooperatives in general are necessarily social enterprise. I may ask a few questions about … Continue reading →

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Fairtrade Fortnight

2009-02-26 by mjr

This week and next week are Fairtrade Fortnight. As I’ve mentioned in discussions at the Co-operative Group, there are some drawbacks to Fairtrade (most of which can be overcome by trading with co-operatives locally), but it is worth supporting fairtrade … Continue reading →

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Voice09 LiveBlog

2009-02-10 by mjr

After a few hiccoughs, I’m trying to gather live coverage of Voice09 in Birmingham today and tomorrow over on the software.coop site. I have access to the wifi, but picture uploads will mostly have to wait until I can bugfix … Continue reading →

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Bristol Cooperatives and Social Enterprise Trade Fair on Monday

2008-11-28 by mjr

Cooperatives-SW is working in partnership with the Regional Infrastructure for Social Enterprise (RISE) to hold a Trade Fair with support from CDA (BRAVE Ltd.), Social Enterprise Works, Co-opportunity and Watershed Media Centre. It will be held on Monday 1 December … Continue reading →

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The Phone Coop, Best Social Enterprise 2008

2008-10-22 by mjr

ThePhoneCoop Congratulations to all our friends at The Phone Coop for winning the Best Social Enterprise Award at the Enterprising Solutions Awards 2008 yesterday. (TTLLP is an agent and I’m a member personally too.) Longer report at Cooperatives-UK. Comiserations to … Continue reading →

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Report on Listening to the Social Entrepreneur

2008-10-13 by mjr

Last Thursday, I was at a conference called Listening to the Social Entrepreneur. Here are some short notes about the plenary session, which were written at the time, along with thoughts on the workshops that I’ve just written up. HCT … Continue reading →

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Listening to the Social Entrepreneur

2008-10-09 by mjr

Today, I shall be mostly at Listening to the Social Entrepreneur. If you’re in the area and have something to say, leave a comment here to contact me. (Comments won’t appear here until this evening, sorry.) I’ll write a review … Continue reading →

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Report on Shape the future of social enterprise in the South West 4 Sep 2008

2008-09-22 by mjr

I went to this event a few weeks ago. The immediate outcome is the call for expressions of interest in RISE-SW’s projects. The deadline is next Monday (29th September) at 12 noon, so get emailing if you’re interested in them. … Continue reading →

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Away From Keyboard

2008-09-11 by mjr

I’ve been away from the blogging keyboard for a few more days than I expected. For some reason, my WordPress doesn’t work in lynx so I couldn’t post from the mobile phone when I had chance. I was at:- Shaping … Continue reading →

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Friday Opinion Request: Shaping the Future of Social Enterprise

2008-08-29 by mjr

As you may know, our webmaster cooperative is classed as a Social Enterprise by gov.uk because it has social primary aims and isn’t run for shareholder benefit – we have neither shareholders nor employees, which screws up lots of surveys. … Continue reading →

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