Weekly Roundup 2 July – 6 July 2012

Hello readers,

Hope you all had a great week and are looking forward to reading about some of the key stories relating to public sector spin-outs and new models of public services that deliver real social value from this past week!

Monday

• The Cabinet Office published a progress update report on their strategy for Growing the Social Investment Market; highlighting key achievements and current priorities.

• Article by Rosie Chadwick, director of public affairs, policy and innovation at Catch22, in the Guardian Professional Local Government Network:  Do we need to introduce compulsion to the community right to challenge? – “Estimates suggest take up of new community powers will be low, so what can local government do to make the most of them?”

Tuesday

• David Ainsworth reports for Third Sector on the Cabinet Office’s ‘Growing the Social Investment Market’ report: Government considers launching two social enterprise funds.

Wednesday

• The Transition Institute released its latest Starting Point Paper on the theme of ‘Scaling up your business: expansion models for spin-outs’ (draft), authored by Dan Gregory.

• Article by Andrew Laird, director of Mutual Ventures, in Social Enterprise Live: A double bump for public service mutuals and social enterprises.

 Thursday

• Craig Dearden-Phillips, managing director of Stepping Out Ltd, writes for the Guardian Professional Social Enterprise Network: Can public service mutuals help councils operate more effectively?

Friday

• Article posted by the Cabinet Office open data team in the Guardian Professional Public Leaders Network: White paper heralds new era of open data and innovation – A tidal wave of new data releases was announced covering health, education, work and international aid spending. Open data strategies from each government department were published alongside the white paper.

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