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Articles and Publications
"Proposed social
enterprise stock exchange could do so much more"
(click
here to read as pdf)
With the creation of a dedicated stock exchange for social
enterprise, Adrian finds himself wondering of everyone has
missed the point about what the true benefit of such a
system would offer the sector...
Adrian's views and
further information on CICs are
also now available via a
2-part podcast with Dave Dawes at: (and click to
access podcast numbers 7 and 8) and his university has also
now picked up on this story and interviewed him about it
here.
Mosques on stilts, rhubarb plantations and
time share printing presses - the
perspectives of communities, future entrepreneurs and local
activists as to what they'd want from future managed
workspace developments. (published
by Burnley Enterprise, December 07)
Is new finance product...?
(published
on the More Than Profit blog)
Is new finance service for
the 3rd sector causing more confusion than good? (published
in Third Sector 05.12.07)
Religious discrimination in
the 3rd Sector?
Government is enacting
policies that favour faith-based groups, but is this a good
thing? some national bodies would seem to think not, but
here's my idea... (article
published in New Start 29.06.07)
Does the future of
charities lie in the history of the Co-op?
The charity of the 21st
century is a new and exciting thing, but could it actually
have a lot more in common with the co-operative movement of
the 19th century than it might care to admit?
Faithful
or ethical enterprise? Complementary or competing theologies?
With the rise of the ethical and
social entrepreneur comes the assumption that never before has
business been used to change the world - yet faith based
businesses have been doing so for centuries. So what can our new
generations of socially minded business leaders learn from their
historical counterparts, or does religion prove to be too much
of a theological barrier?
This article is also available
on-line to post comments to at:
Coming out of the closet...
Are social enterprises being forced to deny their true nature in
the marketplace, and if so what can be done to ensure that the
prejudice and misunderstanding they face is properly challenged?
(article
published in New Start 20.04.07)
(Social) takeovers and mergers
Guidance and good practice abounds for how to take over private
companies, or for charities to merge with each other, but where's
the support for social enterprises to do the same?
(article published in Social Enterprise 06.06)
The importance of social enterprise failure
Given the hype that surrounds social enterprise, it's surely
impossible for any to fail? So what should we do when they do?
(article published in Social Enterprise 12.05; New Start 12.05)
The Community Interest Company (CIC) – and Adrian's challenge to it!
Given the importance of social enterprise values, it struck Adrian as
strange that some of the legislation that relates to the CIC should
seem to be forcing those social enterprises who adopt this model to
not only potential betray some of their core values, but also lessen
their accountability to their communities.
In the autumn of 2006, Adrian therefore challenged the CIC regulator over
these rules – and was pleasantly surprised at the outcome: see
linked articles (regeneration and renewal 10.06;
Social Enterprise
12.06) and 'blogs' at:
http://www.co-opnet.coop/viewtopic.php?t=464
http://www.socialcatalyst.co.uk/2006/11/cic_or_not_to_c.html
The role of social enterprise in the drive to reduce incapacity
benefit claimants
In the current 'push' to reduce the number of people claiming
incapacity benefit, an exploration of the reasons why social
enterprise is having greater success that more 'mainstream' agencies
(article published in Enterprising 01.07)
The secret to successful co-operative enterprises!
Given all the support programmes and specialist programmes to
support social enterprises (of which the co-operative business model
is one), arguments and approaches as to how co-operatives can become
stronger businesses without the need to engage with other agencies
(article published in Enterprising 01.07)
Enterprise culture – what is it?
The government has set policies and agendas to further promote an
'enterprise culture' for our country. But what exactly is an
enterprise culture and how can we benefit from it? In this piece,
Adrian
also explores what can be done to best create such a culture when its
not there...
(article published in Your Enterprise Magazine 04.06)
Social enterprise – what is it?
There's no legal definition of a social enterprise, there's no
single legal form for it – so how can we know it when we see it? A
short piece arguing for the need to move away from snappy
catch-phrases when discussing social enterprises.
(published in Social Enterprise 01.06)
Delivering public services and procurement – a poisoned chalice
for social enterprise?
Given the hype that's encouraging social enterprise and charities to
deliver public services, Adrian argues that the current evidence would
seem to suggest that it's a slippery path with many enterprises
loosing out on the contracts that are offered so we should be taking
a more cautious approach when considering procurement.
(articles published
New Start 03.06;
Regeneration and Renewal 02.06;
Social Enterprise 03.06)
Research and evaluation reports -
* research into social enterprise-exclusive CDFI (lending
to co-ops and social enterprise.pdf)
* training issues facing social economy organisations (training
issues for local social enterprises.pdf)
* planning and evaluation guide for co-operative and social
enterprise trade fairs(
evaluation of co-op and social enterprise trade fair.pdf)
* evaluation of mainstream Business Link training programme for
suitability to be delivered to social enterprise audience (evaluation
of mainstream blh workshops.pdf)
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