The question of morality in Social Business is a complex one. If you search the web, use a tool like Stumbleupon (which randomly discovers new pages on any given keywords for you), or come across it on your own, you may find the same word “Social Business” applied in very different contexts of the end goal…
Social enterprises use business methods to tackle problems in society and despite the austerity, many are thriving with twice as many reporting growth last year as conventional businesses.
Andy Bradley is selling compassion to the NHS. Dominic Boddington is selling hope for difficult pupils to schools. They both used to work in the public sector but have decided that to improve public services you need to be in business…
Mayor of London Boris Johnson declared ‘ethical capitalism’ alive and well at the opening of a social enterprise business support centre in Tooley Street on Tuesday…
STONELAW High School’s award-winning Fair Traders have done it again and raised an incredible amount of money for charity.
They have doubled their annual profits from previous years to £6000, which will go to the education of AIDS orphans in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa…
Scott Henderson is managing director of CauseShift and writes about social impact for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, RallytheCause.com and occasionally for the ableBanking blog. January is already half-over, so how’s that New Year’s resolution to do more good coming along? If you haven’t m…
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Will the London Olympics deliver a sustainable social enterprise legacy? via @GuardianSocEnt bit.ly/wi9yio - What do you think?
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Opportunities in chaos: Times of technological and structural economic change can throw up the chance to start a… bit.ly/zhOxTo
— Startup UK (@StartupUK) January 12, 2012
Company in the Scottish Borders? Join us for our forthcoming event - Plan for Growth, Plan for Change- Feb 1, bit.ly/wRsmZ7
— Interface (@InterfaceOnline) January 12, 2012
100 companies pledge to open up work-experience opportunities @guardian bit.ly/x9hVM6 Social mobility strategy - what do you think?
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Battling Entitlement, the Innovation-Killer s.hbr.org/zDa1WJ
— Harvard Biz Review (@HarvardBiz) January 12, 2012
Workshop Wednesday 18th January 2012 Raising Awareness Sessions at Kingdom House, Glenrothes book call 01592 858333 bit.ly/zbqS43
— BusinessGateway Fife (@BGFife) January 12, 2012
For everyone who’s asking, you can look back at our business planning webchat here. bit.ly/AwFjmE Hope you enjoy it!
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From HBR’s List of Audacious Ideas, three leading thinkers share their ideas for tackling social problems. s.hbr.org/ykUbQA
— Harvard Biz Review (@HarvardBiz) January 12, 2012
A research facility in Lanarkshire is reborn as BioCity Scotland, a major life sciences hub: ow.ly/8r0V3
— SDI (@ScotDevInt) January 12, 2012
Idea to paying customers in 7 weeks: how we did it by @joelgascoigne of @bufferapp - bit.ly/hywyWu- Great article
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The Power of Idealistic-Realism: How Great Leaders Inspire and Transform s.hbr.org/yEJH1w
— Harvard Biz Review (@HarvardBiz) January 12, 2012
UK Prime Minister’s views on the benefits of work experience & role of startups in job creation: bbc.in/AwA0f7
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