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FoE/The Warehouse is looking for social enterprise suppliers of retail items… Interested?

November 26, 2015
by Alun Severn
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This, just in from our friends at FoE/The Warehouse. If you are interested in joining FoE’s supply chain please contact the general manager Phil Burrows on 0121 632 6909 or send him mail.  He will need to know your wholesale terms, conditions and prices. Many thanks!
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Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter celebrates 2nd anniversary with special Xmas event

November 26, 2015
by Alun Severn
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Digbeth Social Enterprise Quarter was established in 2013 as an initiative to unite all Digbeth-based social enterprises, encourage peer to peer support, and get more people “buying social”. DSEQ is celebrating its 2nd Anniversary this Christmas and invites you to get into
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The Women’s Enterprise Hub Sparkbrook is Officially Open – Come and See Us!

November 24, 2015
by Sarah Crawley
Mariam Yate, Michelle Smith, Naomi Robinson, Sarah Crawley, Second Pedals CIC, Sir Albert Bore, The House Nannies, women in business, Women's Enterprise Hub Sparkbrook
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Women across Birmingham can now take advantage of the space and business support on offer from the new Women’s Enterprise Hub in Sparkbrook. Our aim is to help women gain the confidence and skills they need to aim high and realise their full potential in business.  The Hub will be man
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CitizenHome — new social enterprise retailer opens in Jewellery Qtr

November 24, 2015
by Alun Severn
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→ Update: CitizenHome website now launched. The stable of enterprises run by Citizen Coaching has grown again. First there was Citizen Coaching, providing counselling services; then there was Citizen Click offering great value web design, IT support, social media training and more. An
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Roots HR extends free social sector training offer for new year — launching on Social Enterprise Day 2015

November 19, 2015
by Alun Severn
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Roots HR CIC is celebrating a 6th year of social impact on Social Enterprise Day on 19th November 2015 by extending its sought-after free training for 2016 with new topics, new locations and more dates. This follows the great success of last year’s training events, all funded through
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Public Contracts Regulations 2015: Implications and Opportunities for Social Enterprises — free new guide from Anthony Collins Solicitors

November 17, 2015
by Alun Severn
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We’re early with this, but why wait? Here, in plenty of time for Social Enterprise Day 2015, and as a contribution to it, we have teamed up with our good friends at Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP to bring you, hot off the press, a new guide to the recently enacted Public Contrac
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DESIblitz wins Asian Media Awards best website 2015

November 09, 2015
by Alun Severn
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DESIblitz, the British Asian lifestyle webzine launched in 2008 by Birmingham social enterprise Aidem Digital CIC, has won the prestigious Asian Media Awards 2015 Best Website award for the second time in three years. The prize was awarded at a gala event held in Manchester on October
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Gateway Family Services wins top Public Health award

November 02, 2015
by Alun Severn
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Gateway Family Services CIC, nine years old this year, is celebrating in style — by winning the prestigious 2015 Public Health Minister’s Award. The award, established in 2014 by Jane Ellison MP, the Minister for Public Health, and supported by the Department of Health, recognis
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