From the monthly archives: March 2012

23rd March: Transition Institute’s Weekly Roundup!

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Happy Friday all!

Here are some of the key stories relating to public sector spin-outs and new models of public services that deliver real social value:

Monday 19th:

Third Sector News – Government review of legal framework for social enterprises could influence Budget. The Department for Work and Pensions has indicated it plans to [...]

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Curious George wonders what is stopping social investment?

On March 22, 2012 By

The Chancellor’s budget announced £40 million to support civil society support organisations and more intriguingly that the Treasury would be looking into what barriers there were to social investment. I think I could help there, because my worry is that social enterprises doing extraordinary things to serve communities are going to the wall for [...]

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Greed might not be good, but profit is

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This article also appears in the Guardian Social Enterprise Network.

Social enterprise can be about delivering profitable service contracts, or reinvesting income from capital asset transfers to support communities, but what it should mean to everyone is creating something inspiring for the future that actually has a future.

The Department of Health alone has [...]

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16th March: Transition Institute’s Weekly Roundup!

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Happy Friday all!

Here are some of the key stories relating to public sector spin-outs, new models of public services delivery, commissioning and procurement:

Monday 12th:

Interesting article by Anne Field, an award-winning journalist who specializes in covering entrepreneurship and small business: Online Platforms Link Impact Investors and Triple Bottom Line Companies – Social [...]

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9th March: Transition Institute’s Weekly Roundup!

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Happy Friday all!

Here are some of the key stories relating to public sector spin-outs, new models of public services delivery, commissioning and procurement:

Monday 5th:

Claudia Wood, deputy director of Demos, writes on the challenges of the Public Services (Social Value) Act in the Public Finance blog: The value of everything – “Demos [...]

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2nd March: Transition Institute’s Weekly Roundup!

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Happy Friday all!

This week has brought good news for public sector spin-outs: the Public Services (Social Value) Bill passed its final reading in parliament last Tuesday and will therefore become the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2010-2012. There has been a great deal of media coverage this week about what this new Act can [...]

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