Spring Budget 2024
7th March 2024
Yesterday the Chancellor announced the Spring Budget in Parliament, the last ahead of the much anticipated General Election later this year. Here we share a quick round up from key... Read more7th March 2024
Yesterday the Chancellor announced the Spring Budget in Parliament, the last ahead of the much anticipated General Election later this year. Here we share a quick round up from key... Read more5th March 2024
Growing the social economy, quite a task, and how and why does it need to be done? Big questions and lively discussions dominated the room at the latest BSSEC CIC... Read more3rd February 2024
This week has seen the start of recruitment for participants on the largest programme of specialist business training and support for social enterprises, community businesses, cooperatives, trading charities and others... Read more27th January 2024
Our work with West Midlands Combined Authority explores the social economy landscape, creates connections across the VCFSE sector, and shares our knowledge-mapping that in turn supports the regional social economy growth. Here, BSSEC... Read more18th November 2023
Firstly, yes it does! But why, or how, has Social Economy Drive 2023 made a difference? An incredible week, and a first for the West Midlands, the social economy has... Read more19th October 2023
The Department for Transport (DfT) Group and other key stakeholders hosted an in-person Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Meet the Buyer Event in Birmingham on Tuesday 16th November 2023, 10am... Read more19th October 2023
Birmingham Awards 2023 - a reflection on how social enterprise is becoming a mainstream option and contributing to the growth of the regional social economy. The Birmingham Awards, now in... Read more8th October 2023
How exciting is this – first sight of the initial #SED2023 Programme! This year the social enterprise sector comes together with third sector, community organisations, private businesses, and public sector in an incredible week... Read more7th October 2023
The first West Midlands Social Economy FORUM event, hosted in September and facilitated by BSSEC CIC Director Sarah Beaumont, was a lively and highly productive discussion with lots of valuable input... Read more14th June 2023
For those attending our first eco-systems Roundtable of the year, it was a topical, lively and insightful discussion facilitated by BSSEC CIC Director, Sarah Beaumont, and joined by a varied panel of... Read more29th 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 more15th March 2023
An early response to the Spring Budget from Peter Holbrook, Chief Executive of Social Enterprise UK: Today, the Government has shown a more nuanced view on how fiscal policy can... Read more26th 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 more15th July 2022
WELCOME TO OUR GUEST BLOG FROM HEIDI FISHER MBE Heidi is Founder of award-winning social enterprise, Make An Impact CIC BSSEC CIC is committed to, and working on, the growth... Read more21st 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 more12th 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 more26th April 2022
West Midlands Combined Authority & New Statesman are hosting the annual Regional Development Conference on 12th May 2022 in Birmingham. Be part of the discussions around the future of the West Midlands levelling up... Read moreCopyright 2024. All rights reserved by BSSEC CIC.