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Colebridge Enterprises reaches 4m motor parts packed and boxed

February 13, 2015
by Alun Severn
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Some of you may remember that a couple of years ago elsewhere on the website we featured Colebridge Enterprises — in particular the huge changes in direction that had happened there under Charles Rapson’s entrepreneurial guidance and Colebridge’s entry into the autom
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Nice Site

April 25, 2013
by Charles Rapson
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Well done Alun and your web designers for developing a very clear site. It makes me appreciate just how much information and resources you have produced over the past year or so.  Very useful. WordPress is such a cool content management system to You might find the following widget us
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Free help and support in Solihull for social enterprises and voluntary groups

April 18, 2013
by Alun Severn
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Free (fully funded) enterprise support is available in Solihull for existing social enterprises and voluntary and community groups in Solihull that want to be less reliant on grants and more enterprising through trading activities. Contact Solihull Council’s Community Enterprise
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A million smiles better!

April 17, 2013
by Alun Severn
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Adults with learning disabilities who previously went to Waterloo Woodwork’s industrial unit in Chelmsley Wood to gain work experience and training now have paid jobs  doing something very different. In the past six months alone they have assembled a million parts for Automotive Insul
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HealthWatch Solihull is recruiting…

March 19, 2013
by Alun Severn
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Click the graphic to view tender specification.
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Colebridge Enterprises expands and diversifies

October 10, 2012
by Alun Severn
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Colebridge Enterprises (formerly Waterloo Woodwork & Colebridge Communications) is embarking on a new venture that will create ten new part time jobs for adults with a learning disability in Solihull. The business is in the process of employing six people now with four more to fol
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Food wholesaling and distribution giant supports small producers

November 24, 2011
by Alun Severn
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I attended a session with Business in the Community this week where we heard from wholesaler, distributor and shopfitting company A F Blakemore & Co — the company, incidentally, that services the SPAR retail estate of 12,000 stores. A F Blakemore also operates a not for prof
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Websites now from only £500

November 04, 2011
by Alun Severn
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An update to the information in BSSEC’s really useful guide to support for social enterprises (see the sticky post on the home page), Colebridge Communications now offers websites from just £500 (+vat).  We now offer 3 options – Starter, Main Course and Full A La carte. Ou
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I don’t care, I’m having a moan!

November 03, 2011
by Alun Severn
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It’s been one of those weeks so, without any apology or naming names, I’m going to have a moan! I’m fed up of finding examples of organisations that promote the idea of supporting local businesses or social enterprises or even the local flipping sheriff, who then go
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Telling it like it is

August 18, 2011
by Alun Severn
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I have few real heroes but have just added a new one to my list. Martin Sime, the CEO of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations. OK, I’ll admit a slight national bias being an exiled Scot – worse still an exiled Highlander (same race, bigger chip on shoulder) but
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10 things the government could do to promote social enterprise

August 03, 2011
by Alun Severn
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Robert Ashton’s wish list of ten things the government could do to support and encourage social enterprise. I saw this on the Guardian’s social enterprise network website recently and I thought: yes, I like this guy.
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New Colebridge Bus

January 22, 2010
by Alun Severn
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The Colebridge Trust has just been informed by Capacitybuilders that it has been successful in securing funds to replace its mobile exhibition cum office cum consultation vehicle. The new Community Bus will replace the previous vehicle which was taken out of service last year after 23
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A bright future for Social Enterprise in Solihull

September 15, 2009
by Alun Severn
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From its humble beginnings as a project within The Colebridge Trust, Solihull SUSTAiN has grown into a serious driver for change in Solihull in terms of Third Sector Support Services, Third Sector Development & Voice and Social Enterprise. SUSTAiN is now the parent organisation le
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