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BSSEC publishes seventh annual report

June 19, 2019
by Alun Severn
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We are very pleased to publish our seventh annual report. There has been excellent news in the 2018/19 financial year, but there was awful news too. First, the good news. In April 2018 it was confirmed that Birmingham’s application to be recognised as a ‘social enterprise city’ under
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Explaining Birmingham’s social economy

June 17, 2019
by Alun Severn
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Last week, Simon Veasey from ISE and myself did our bit for international relations. We were asked by Bridging to the Future’s MD Duncan Chamberlain to help give an overview of social enterprise and the wider social economy in Birmingham to a group of 26 educators, students
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‘Place-based investing for impact’ — report published

June 10, 2019
by Alun Severn
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This year City Drive 2019 included an event called Impact Investing for Place which considered new trends in place-based social investment and social economy development. The event was kindly sponsored by Big Society Capital, chaired by its Social Sector Engagement Director, Melanie M
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Birmingham — a ‘real living wage’ city?

June 03, 2019
by Alun Severn
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This morning Birmingham City Council hosted a breakfast discussion introducing the Living Wage Foundation’s new Living Wage Places scheme. The aim was to bring together businesses, local politicians, public sector organisations and members of civil society to discuss how we can work c
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