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Joe Jervis

Social enterprise network daily: Monday 14 January

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Social enterprise network daily. Photograph: Graham Turner

SEUK launches badge for members to identify themselves as social enterprises

Third Sector: Social Enterprise UK has launched a new badge that allows its members to identify themselves as social enterprises.

Whose social value is it anyway?

Public Policy Strategies: Why social enterprise shouldn't be getting quite so excited about the social value act.

Move to hand York libraries to social enterprise

The Bookseller: Libraries in York could be run by community or social enterprise, after the city's council agreed at a cabinet meeting last night (8 January) to explore the idea.

Rural social enterprise charities merge to form Plunkett Scotland

Third Sector: The Plunkett Foundation, a support organisation for rural social enterprises, has merged with the Scotland-based Community Retailing Network.

Indigenous-owned social start-ups set to flourish via new fund

StartUpSmart: Government-backed organisation Indigenous Business Australia is looking for an organisation to establish and manage a new source of funding for indigenous social enterprise start-ups.

An innovative approach to job creation

Perry Hall Patch: The burgeoning social enterprise movement offers promise for organizations that seek to grow the economy and provide jobs for those who are currently unemployed.

The trick to social entrepreneurship? Focus on financials

Bostinno: Harvard Business Review is partnering with Bridgespan Group over the next few months to publish a series called Scaling Social Impact and the early entries shed light on the trade-offs inherent in social enterprise.

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