social enterprise

Entrepreneurs offered mentoring by social enterprise leaders

2010-03-09 12:29 - 220 reads
Tim Campbell
Social entrepreneurs are being given the chance to win one-on-one mentoring from the likes of Big Issue co-founder John Bird and The Apprentice winner Tim Campbell.

Lobby group chief calls for social enterprise pandemic

2010-02-01 22:47 - 733 reads
Peter Holbrook, chief executive, Social Enterprise Coalition
Doing business for the benefit of society and the environment must become a global phenomenon, the chief executive of the Social Enterprise Coalition (SEC) has claimed.

Live blog and video: Voice10, the Social Enterprise Coalition's annual conference

2010-02-01 15:39 - 975 reads
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Replay live video coverage of Voice10, the Social Enterprise Coalition's annual conference in Cardiff on 1 and 2 February.
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Social entrepreneur on a mission to create 10,000 jobs

2009-12-01 11:42 - 1244 reads - 2 comments
Karen Darby, founder, SimplySwitch
Serial social entrepreneur Karen Darby has secured £1m worth of investment to create a pioneering call centre business that aims to lift 10,000 people out of long term unemployment.

Social enterprises see boom in optimism and growth

2009-11-19 12:31 - 612 reads
Arrow on target
Social entrepreneurs are twice as confident about future growth and more likely to have increased their turnover during the past year than those running traditional businesses.

Exclusive video: Tim Campbell

2009-10-23 09:09 - 2489 reads - 1 comment
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The Apprentice winner Tim Campbell on what he learnt working for Alan Sugar, how enterprise education in the UK is woefully inadequate and why social enterprise is the future of business.
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Replay our live blog: NFEA Conference

2009-09-17 08:00 - 2543 reads
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Watch on demand our exclusive blog from the 2009 National Federation of Enterprise Agencies annual conference. The theme was 'A Fine Balance: Social Ethos or Commercial Focus?'.

Video: Entrepreneur Karen Darby on the business of doing good

2009-09-02 07:00 - 2171 reads
Karen Darby, founder, SimplySwitch
In an exclusive interview, serial entrepreneur Karen Darby argues that social enterprise is the way forward for small business owners.
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Social entrepreneurs 'to lead the world out of crisis'

2009-03-27 23:51 - 1553 reads
Jeff Skoll
Entrepreneurs running social organisations will lead the world out of the economic crisis, billionaire philanthropist Jeff Skoll has claimed.

EXCLUSIVE: Start-up stories - Karen Darby at Call Britannia

2009-03-23 14:06 - 3032 reads - 5 comments
Karen Darby
Gina Dyer meets social entrepreneur Karen Darby, who is about to launch a business that will create 10,000 jobs for unemployed people in the UK's most deprived areas.
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