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Growing the Social Economy in the WMCA Area

April 01, 2022
by Sallie Ryan
Birmingham, BSSEC, eco-systems, enterprise, growth options, place-based development, socent, social economy, social enterprise, West Midlands, WMCA
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During 2019/20, a Social Economy Task Force made up of social sector practitioners and experts from across the region was convened by West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), tasked with helping WMCA understand how best the social economy across the region could be grown and its posit
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Roots HR CIC celebrates over 1,000 downloads of its free toolkits

January 26, 2022
by Alun Severn
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On the 1st July 2021, specialist social sector HR provider, Roots HR CIC, launched the first of a series of free HR toolkits, as part of its social value offer to the sector. We covered that story here. Throughout last year the company issued one toolkit every month — packed wit
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The state of economic justice in Birmingham & the Black Country 2021 — major new report published

February 03, 2021
by Alun Severn
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The funding that The Barrow Cadbury Trust invests in its Economic Justice programme continues to help break new and important ground. The New Policy Institute (NPI), supported by The Barrow Cadbury Trust, has just published its second major analysis of economic justice in Birmingham a
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Have you discovered UnLtd’s free legal help sheets?

November 17, 2016
by Alun Severn
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For those who may not yet have discovered them, UnLtd has enlisted the help of law firm DLA Piper to produce some truly excellent — and comprehensive — legal help guides on a range of key social enterprise issues. The subjects covered include: Lega
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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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UnLtd publishes free legal guides for social entrepreneurs

May 18, 2015
by Alun Severn
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Working in conjunction with global law firm DLA Piper, UnLtd has just published fourteen free legal guides aimed specifically at social entrepreneurs. You can read them all here. “Whether you’re a social entrepreneur just starting out on a new venture or you need to protect area
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Roots HR launches FREE learning and development services for Social Enterprise day

November 21, 2013
by Alun Severn
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Not-for-personal-profit organisations can benefit from free management development opportunities, launched to mark Social Enterprise Day by twice-shortlisted consultancy of the year Roots HR CIC. Now approaching its fifth year of reinvesting trading surpluses in the development of man
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New briefing paper on the Localism Act

May 30, 2013
by Alun Severn
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We have just completed the fourth in a series of briefing papers on key policy issues that are of particular relevance to social enterprises and voluntary and community groups. The latest paper, produced by Tony Clabby of The Digbeth Trust is The Localism Act 2011: A guide for social
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