Weekly Roundup 25 June- 29 June 2012

Happy July! Here is a summary of key points of what happened 25 June through 29 June relating to public sector spin-outs and new models of public services:

Monday 25 June

• The Mutuals Taskforce’s report ‘Public Service Mutuals: The Next Steps’ was published highlighting the progress being made across the mutuals agenda and making a series of recommendations to move it forward. Article published on this report by Randeep Ramesh for The Guardian: Public Sector Mutuals Taskforce Calls for More Measures to Support Them.
• Rosie Bristow, writing for The Guardian Professional Sustainable Business Blog, talked about Exploring the Impact of Business on Society.

Tuesday 26 June

• David Hunter, writing for The Guardian Professional Social Enterprise Network, posted Whisper it, but is Social Finance the new PFI [Private Finance Initiative]? Countries are looking to Britain’s social investment initiatives as a way of improving public services.
• Greg Hills and Mark Pfitzer wrote for The Guardian Professional Sustainable Business Blog on Measuring the Impact of Shared Value

Wednesday 27 June

• Anita Pati, writing for The Guardian Professional Social Enterprise Network, on Co-operatives: Outperforming the Competition. This explained Co-operatives UK’s report which stated that for the “fourth consecutive year, co-operatives are performing better than private equity driven businesses.”

Thursday 28 June

• Joseph Rowntree Foundation published a report on Public Sector Innovation and Local Leadership in the UK and Netherlands. One of the main points was leaders in promoting social inclusion and public service innovation
• The National Council for Voluntary Organizations (NCVO) made a presentation about the Public Services (Social Value) Act. The act will try to enable social enterprises to win more public sector contracts.

Friday 29 June

• Social Enterprise Live – Big Issue Invest and TSELF, two of the UK’s leading social investors, join forces:  “As TSELF and Big Issue Invest are social enterprises ourselves this has allowed us to reinvest even more into the sector rather than pay out” 
• The Guardian Professional’s Andrew Bibby explained The Different Brands of British Co-operatives.

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