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‘Lucid, vigorous and brief’

April 28, 2010
by Alun Severn
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Peter Couchman, chief exec of the Plunkett Foundation, has a blog called the Plunkett Perspective. In a recent post he writes that with all the political parties open to mutualisation in public services some kind of test will become necessary to help identify the areas in which mutual
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Jericho Foundation host Cameron visit

April 21, 2010
by Alun Severn
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Well, well, those canny folks at the Jericho Foundation have made tremendous PR capital out of hosting a visit today from David Cameron. Birmingham Mail.net has terrific coverage of the Tory leader’s visit and the custom-made Jericho T-short he was presented with.
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New report from Social Investment Task Force

April 21, 2010
by Alun Severn
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The Social Investment Task Force, which has advised the government on social investment issues over the past decade, has just issued a new report. Third Sector Online has fuller coverage. A less restrictive tax relief regime is required in order to further develop social investment in
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Labour manifesto pledges ‘social enterprise hubs in every community’

April 13, 2010
by Alun Severn
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Labour’s manifesto may not offer any new policies on the third sector, as Third Sector Online notes today, but it does pledge: More support for third sector organisations bidding for public service contracts Commitment to developing the long-trailed Social Investment Bank An ext
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Scotland rethinks position on separate Social Enterprise Mark

April 12, 2010
by Alun Severn
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Further to this post, Third Sector Online has an interesting item today which indicates that following negative feedback from the Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition, SENSCOT, the network for social entrepreneurs in Scotland, is rethinking its position on the Social Enterprise Mark.
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