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New fund launches to deliver £18.7 million in grant funding to social enterprises

Five social enterprise support agencies have come together to deliver The Social Enterprise Support Fund. This new fund will provide essential financial support between £10,000 and £300,000 to help social enterprises during COVID-19. Big Issue Invest, The Key Fund, Resonance, the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) and UnLtd will jointly deliver £18.7 million in grants,…

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Movers and Shakers | Rashida Abdulai | Founder, Strand Sahara

Rashida Abdulai is the founder and CEO of Strand Sahara, an online legal services for startups and SMEs in the UK and across Africa. The company empowers entrepreneurs in the UK and across Africa with the legal support they need to go global. What drove you to start your own business? To the outside world,…

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Movers and Shakers | Evelyn Forde | Headteacher | Copthall School

Evelyn Forde is the headteacher of Copthall School, a high-performing, multi-cultural girls school based in North London. Tell us about your current job responsibilities,  do you have a typical day, week, month, or quarter? I have a student body of nearly a 1000 students and 140 staff, no day is typical! However, my role is…

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COVID-19: How to put employees at ease about returning to work

COVID-19 is the most significant employee public relations issue of our time. Before the crisis hit, all firms had to do was provide clean bathroom facilities, somewhere to get coffee and ergonomic keyboards. Now, though, the pandemic has put a spanner in the works. And it is making a lot of people very nervous. People…