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A £3 million fund providing cash grants to businesses in Suffolk has launched. Grants of between £25,000 and £100,000 are available for companies looking to expand their operations and create jobs. The grant will cover 20% of costs needed to expand, and businesses must create one new job per £10,000 of grant funding. Applications can more »

The Guardian Public Services Awards 2013 have been launched and are open for entries. Now in their tenth year, the awards recognise innovation and best practice across all public services, whether from central government, local authorities, the voluntary sector, social enterprise or the private sector. Categories include grassroots excellence, financial excellence and leadership excellence. The more »

Paul Henry of Inspire2Enterprise will be speaking about social investment at the Inspiring Social Enterprises in Lincolnshire event. Taking place on 14th June, the event has been designed to promote social enterprises in Lincolnshire and the surrounding areas and to encourage firms to buy the products and services of social enterprises locally. Social enterprises will more »

Evolve 2013, a new annual event for the voluntary sector is taking place in London on Monday 17th June. Organised in partnership by the NCVO and Volunteering England, the event will be the largest conference of its kind and is designed to share knowledge and learn from the sector’s collective experience. The event will feature more »

The ninth Third Sector Excellence Awards are now open for entry. Open to all UK-based voluntary organisations – registered charities, not-for-profit organisations, social enterprises and campaigning groups - the awards were established to discover and showcase outstanding campaigns and achievements in charities and voluntary organisations over the past year. There are 18 categories available, including enterprise, best more »

The New Anglia Enterprise Partnership has launched a ‘Growing Business Fund’. The fund is aimed at helping businesses that want to grow but have been held back by lack of finance. The scheme will invest £3 million of Regional Growth Funds Between April 2013 and March 2015, creating 250 local jobs Grants of up more »

Hertfordshire County Council have launched their second Social Enterprise Innovation Fund (SEIF). The Community Wellbeing & Social Enterprise Innovation Fund will provide start up investment of a total of £50,000, with individual awards of up to a maximum of £10,000. The fund is open to existing Civil Society Organisations who want to develop new social more »

Social Enterprise Conference 2013 23rd April, Immarsat Conference Centre, London The National Housing Federation and Social Enterprise UK are jointly organising this event to demonstrate the importance of both sectors working together. It will look at how housing associations and social enterprises can work effectively in partnership to increase social and economic contribution to local communities. Speakers include: Peter more »

There is now under a month to go until employers are required to report PAYE information to HMRC in real time. This change, coming into place on 6th April, requires employers to send details to HMRC every time they pay an employee, at the time they pay them, and use payroll software to send this more »