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Let’s plough the fields and scatter!

It is however a time when we need to recognise that nature controls us and ...

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Is it time for the Social Enterprise Mark Company to become a mutual?

With 450 SEM holders, there is now a critical mass of organisations and supporters that ...

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The value of scale, the power of small

So as we look forward to a new era of corporate social responsibility, of social ...

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Is it the fiddler really a rogue?

CSR and social enterprise are destined to marry and, in time, it will become an ...

Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Crunch time

Timebanking has gained traction and won many plaudits in the last decade. But can it ...

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We need the Future Jobs Fund back

Our young people need jobs, not an expensive two week residential programme like the National ...

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The urban collective

Collective ownership models offer the chance of genuine progress in areas where regeneration has ground ...

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Good with local services?

With public services being increasingly marketised, a group of local authorities is looking to the ...

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Open door policy

With such examples of clear methods of how plurality of public service can lead to ...

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There’s a great opportunity to boost the green economy – we can’t bottle it

For those sitting on the outside looking in, a green economy may appear volatile, certainly ...