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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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Here at the Divine offices, we're very excited to report that Teacher's TV will be showing 'Chocolate makes the world go round' - a 15 minute film about Divine and social enterprise - at 7.15pm this evening. The programme aims to show how social enterprises are changing the face of business and looks at the future of cocoa production in Ghana. For those who miss it, the programme will be available to download from the Teachers TV website here: http://www.teachers.tv/video/46581 Do comment and...

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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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