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It's been a weird and wonderful week with women at its heart.  On Tuesday I made a presentation to the Department of Business Innovation and Skills with Kresse Wesling the wonder woman who specializes in using waste materials to make lovely things.  Her current products include high-end Elvis & Kresse handbags, made from reclaimed fire brigade hoses and jute supermarket bags made from coffee sacks. On Wednesday I received the International Business Women award from SHE magazine ...

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At lunchtime today Downing Street was crammed full with social entrepreneurs – a fitting way to celebrate Social Enterprise Day and all that social enterprise does every day of the year. Gordon Brown made a lovely speech. He thanked Jonathan Bland the departing CEO and founder for Social Enterprise Coalition, Campbell Rob the Director General of the Cabinet Office who is off to become the CEO of Shelter, and he thanked all the guests from social enterprises for the impact that they make on peo...

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Haven’t we come along way since we had that phone call in the Autumn of 1999 asking Divine to become one of the founder members of Social Enterprise London.  What a difference a decade has made, Divine has gone from being an audacious idea to a successful company selling a delicious range of chocolate in 10 territories across the world and delivering real impact for the farmer owners across Ghana. SEL has 1800 members including some of the most dynamic social enterprises in the world.&nbs...

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