5th July 2023
We have much to learn from the recent Department for Transport targeting of SME’s for improvement of business opportunities for SME’s. DfT actions for improving business opportunities for SMEs Their... Read more
21st June 2023
Bi-monthly, I’m invited to attend (with other national and regional VCSE sector agencies) the VCSE Advisory Group hosted by Claire Dove. It is always interesting and from this month we... Read more
29th May 2023
BSSEC CIC is excited to share that applications are open for the SEUK UK Social Enterprise Awards 2023! We want to encourage all the amazing social enterprises across the West Midlands... Read more
17th May 2023
West Midlands Combined Authority and Legal & General (L&G) have signed a partnership agreement with L&G committing to invest £4 billion in regeneration, housing and levelling up across the West Midlands. The landmark... Read more
13th April 2023
We wanted to share a brief update on some of the things we've been working hard on recently, and a few highlights of what's ahead for BSSEC CIC as we... Read more
31st March 2023
State of Social Enterprise Survey closes on 6th April 2023. If you haven’t already, please take part in the State of Social Enterprise survey, run by our friends at Social... Read more
7th March 2023
Businesses in the West Midlands that struggle to access finance from high street lenders are set to benefit from a £4million funding package thanks to a unique partnership between three... Read more
17th November 2022
Why is it important to have a Social Enterprise Day? In fact, we have a global Social Enterprise Day on the 17th November where, not only in the UK but across... Read more
2nd November 2022
Our 2022 Roundtable Series has explored various themes of interest, all relating back to stimulating and developing eco-systems to enable the growth of the regional social economy. The September 2022... Read more
20th September 2022
We are delighted to share a guest blog from Zehir Kadra who talks about his journey from social entrepreneur to sustainable social enterprise and changing lives through soccer... In... Read more
31st August 2022
BSSEC CIC is delighted to share a few highlights from Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (BVSC) latest news share. + + + Embedding the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise sector... Read more
22nd August 2022
For Women. By Women After nearly 30 years, WAITS charity has elevated the lives and dramatically improved the circumstances of over 10,000 individuals. An extraordinary achievement and worthy of celebration.... Read more
15th August 2022
More than 16,000 Birmingham Games 2022 sports items are being made available to social enterprises, sports clubs, community groups and Not-For-Profit organisations in the West Midlands. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth... Read more
11th August 2022
Further to our earlier post, BSSEC Talking Collaboration and Clusters, in which we introduced the idea of facilitated roundtable discussions to help promote the plans BSSEC CIC has been part of... Read more
10th August 2022
Are you a decision maker in your social enterprise, community business, cooperative or working in the public sector? Help map the process and share your ideas, concerns or experience of... Read more
26th July 2022
WELCOME TO OUR GUEST BLOG FROM IAN CUTHBERT Ian is the founder of Fovea Creative, a creative agency previously known as Cuthbert Design Since 1996, Ian has been supporting the... Read more
1st July 2022
WELCOME TO OUR GUEST BLOG FROM EMILY DARKO Emily is Director of Research at Social Enterprise UK Through our work at BSSEC CIC, we are aware of the importance of... Read more
21st June 2022
Shared on behalf of the West Midlands Combined Authority: UK SPF for at Risk Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations As set out in the UKSPF prospectus, the initial focus of... Read more
6th June 2022
TODAY'S THE DAY!! Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs opens Birmingham’s biggest festival showcasing social enterprise... events kick off at 10am with the launch of SE TV and includes 18 events over 5 days.... a social... Read more
1st June 2022
A new training programme, Shift Birmingham, is open for applications. It's for Birmingham people wish to explore how power and resources in the city can be rebalanced to improve local... Read more
25th May 2022
Birmingham's biggest festival showcasing social enterprise is coming 6th-10th of June and you can be part of it! Join Social Enterprise Drive to START a social enterprise, SCALE your business... Read more
12th May 2022
In our earlier posts, we have been examining the West Midlands Combined Authority’s Growing the Social Economy in the WMCA area: A Framework for Action, the document that underpins WMCA’s... Read moreCopyright 2026. All rights reserved by BSSEC CIC.