6th January: Transition Institute’s Weekly Roundup!

Happy Friday all!  We hope all is well and that 2012 has been positive for you so far!

The TI office has been back in full swing this week; our Director, Dom Potter, has been out and about getting our plans underway for a whole host of events and projects which will occur over the next few months. Watch this space!

Here are some of the key stories relating to public sector spin-outs from the past week:

Monday 2nd:

• Big Society Capital interim fund invests £3.1m in four organisations.  Read more…
• Blog for BIS by Nick Temple, Director of Business at Social Enterprise UK: “Chain Reactions: growing business between social enterprise and corporates”.  Read more…
• David Floyd’s New Year’s blog: what 2012 may bring for social enterprise and Big Society.  Read more…

Tuesday 3rd:

• Anna Turley’s five hopes for local government in 2012 in the Guardian Local Government Network.  Read more…
• We Love Local Government’s predictions for 2012; including cuts, housing, local economies, jobs & Olympics. Read more…
• 2012: the International Year of Co-operatives.  Read more…
• Third Sector’s case study of Salvere CIC a Pathfinder mutual. Read more…

Wednesday 4th:

• Article in Social Enterprise Live: “Charities and social enterprises to benefit from new credit union powers”. Read more…
• Allison Ogden-Newton’s latest blog post: “Can cooperation save the nation in 2012?”.  Read more…
• The Transition Institute’s blog: “2012: The year for public sector spin-outs?”.  Remember to take part in our poll! Read more…

Thursday 5th:

• Article in the Guardian: “Public services face another defining year in 2012”.  Read more…
• David Cameron orders merging of health and social care.  Read more…

Friday 6th:

• Blog by John Tizard on the opportunities for progressive localism in 2012. Read more…
• Article in Guardian’s Social Enterprise Network “The trouble with not defining social enterprise”. Read more…