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Peter Holbrook

@peterholbrook.bsky.social
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Working to promote #SocialEnterprise and better ways of building economies that meet the needs of people and planet. CEO at Social Ent UK 🏳️‍🌈

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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Very pleased to have participated in this! Pls share.
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Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk · 12/05/2025
🎧 New podcast episode! @lrouse.bsky.social and @andyricketts.bsky.social hear how the National Migraine Centre pivoted to a social enterprise model to remain viable in the face of declining voluntary income. With Dan Tickle & @peterholbrook.bsky.social @socialenterpriseuk.bsky.social
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Third Sector Podcast: How a pivot to social enterprise solved one small charity’s funding woes
Lucinda and Andy hear from the chiefs of the National Migraine Centre and Social Enterprise UK
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publiclife.bsky.social @publiclife.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Applications now open to find eight inspiring Liverpool City Region residents with a powerful business idea that tackles a health or care challenge faced locally. They'll receive a year's Real Living Wage salary, seed funding, and leading support. Apply today at www.publiclife.org.uk/citizenfirst
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Great to be with coop party for the launch of their Community Britain launch. Stories to Inspire a better Britain.
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate
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Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
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Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Great to be in Parliament today to discuss infrastructure, public services, business regulation and company law with @greenparty.org.uk @adrianramsay.bsky.social Thanks for being receptive to #SocEnt and look forward to working with you over the course of this parliament.
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
www.socialenterprise.org.uk/news/why-wer...
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Why government needs to talk to social enterprises
Social Enterprise UK's open letter asking government to make sure social enterprises are a part of the Social Impact Investment Advisory Group
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
A very happy birthday to our generous and inspiring patron @mchshe.bsky.social We hope you have a lovely day! Love from #SocEnt folk around the world and especially @socialenterpriseuk.bsky.social youtu.be/Ly1xnf6Kx_s?...
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Why is Michael Sheen holding a spanner and what are social enterprises?! Chris Addison explains all.
YouTube video by Social Enterprise UK
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
A wonderful day in Edinburgh meeting #SocEnt and their network representatives and advocating for them in Holyrood with @socialenterprise.scot
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Water bills in England will rise by an average of £123 this year. Biggest hit to customer since the industry was privatised 36 years ago. 47% price hike by Southern Water. Sewage dumping, high dividend payments, exec pay to continue. No one protects people. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Water bills in England and Wales to rise by £123 on average this year
Largest price hike since privatisation is even more than the £86 predicted by Ofwat as companies add inflation on top
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
We have a good minister / leader, but a lack of organisational knowledge within the NHS about previous policies that work is alarming. Blair’s policy on stakeholder owned models (SocEnt) within the NHS appears entirely forgotten. An no, we are not charity or voluntary! @wesstreeting.bsky.social
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Chuffed to have @jowusunepaul.bsky.social join and lead our public affairs work. www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/clac...
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Labour’s Jovan Owusu-Nepaul is using Windrush blazers and wavy knitwear to fight Nigel Farage
We spoke to Clacton’s stylish – and now viral – aspiring MP about the heroes and villains of political menswear, and his plan to rock Air Forces in the House of Commons
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Social Enterprise UK @socialenterpriseuk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Great to see our Social Enterprise Knowledge Centre research referenced in this insightful feature on CICs in the legal sector - buff.ly/3Wk84yq Our flagship hub is the UK’s most comprehensive source of information about social enterprise: buff.ly/3NWS54k
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Off the hamster wheel
The not-for-profit law firm is not a euphemism for losing money. Katharine Freeland talks to lawyers who are billing clients for whole new reasons.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Joining the EU Single Market Could Be the Gamechanger for Keir Starmer’s Government Both the UK economy and the new Labour Government needs an urgent shot in the arm. Could this be the solution? bylinetimes.com/2025/01/13/k...
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Joining the EU Single Market Could Be the Gamechanger for Keir Starmer's Government
Both the UK economy and the new Labour Government needs an urgent shot in the arm. Could this be the solution?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Tony Blair tells Brits to stop self-diagnosing with depression as 'UK can't afford spiralling benefits bill'. Multi-millionaire declares war on the less well off. Mental health problems caused by insecurity, poverty, lack of healthcare, mostly due to govt policies. www.lbc.co.uk/news/tony-bl...
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Tony Blair tells Brits to stop self-diagnosing with depression as 'UK can't afford spiralling benefits bill'
Tony Blair has warned British people against self-diagnosing with mental health conditions, pointing to the country's spiralling sickness benefits bill.
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Sincere and sensible resetting of government foreign policy by David Lammy although the obsession with more private sector skills could be cause for concern @fcdo-answers.bsky.social
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n-U... The world we live in eh?
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Stewart Lee - taxi driver argument
YouTube video by montoid
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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I can hardly think of a better example of the moral decay in modern health care than a Goldman analyst noting that biotech cures for diseases like hepatitis are cool and all, until their success diminishes the business opportunity for pharmaceutical manufacturers. www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
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Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'
Goldman Sachs warns sales from the most successful disease treatments are difficult to maintain.
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Wholeheartedly agree.
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Dean Hochlaf @dhochlaf.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
This bizarre story is a cautionary tale of how business models that concentrate wealth and power in the hands of individuals, will do so at the collective expense of the community www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
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Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
A beautiful evening with FCDO friends and colleagues, and a warm welcome from David Lammy at his Christmas reception #SocEnt
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Not surprised and tbh never been a fan of either part of this happy couple.
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Jon Monk @jonmonk.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Applications for the Weston Charity Awards 2025 are now open. The Awards offer a package of support worth over £22,000 to up to 22 charities every year. Deadline for applications: 5pm Wednesday 8 January 2025. www.pilotlight.org.uk/weston-chari...
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How to apply
Find out how to apply for The Weston Charity Awards
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 17/12/2024
Due to the impact of various tax and benefit policies, increases in the minimum wage do not have an entirely progressive impact on household incomes. This is the result of some benefits being withdrawn and more taxes being paid as earnings rise.
Chart showing Impact on household earnings (left) and household incomes (right) of increasing the minimum wage by 6.7 per cent, by income decile: UK, 2025-26
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...
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UK social investment making ‘slow and disappointing progress’ in meeting social entrepreneurs’ needs – Adebowale
UK social investment industry still ‘designed to favour social bankers, not social businesses’, concludes Social Enterprise UK’s ‘report card’ on the Adebowale Commission.
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Today @socialenterpriseuk.bsky.social launch this important review of the social investment market. #SocEnt www.socialenterprise.org.uk/seuk-report/...
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Adebowale Commission Three Years On - A Report card | Social Enterprise UK
Three years ago the Commission on Social Investment founded by our Chair, Lord Victor Adebowale, published its findings. It found some key structural issues ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people just passed $2 TRILLION. 12 people. $2 trillion. The bottom half of America collectively holds $3.5 trillion. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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America's 12 richest men now worth a combined $2 trillion
Their net worth is less than $2 trillion short of the wealth of the bottom half of the U.S.
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
We must contain this man’s ambition to further influence British politics and our lives. (Not meaning the wonderful @georgetakei.bsky.social for clarification)
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
World GDP is $105 trillion. Value of derivatives (clever bets on price of food, everything) is $667 trillion. It hikes prices, enriches few speculators, produces nothing of value to society. UK Govt thinks finance industry will deliver prosperity. Madness. leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
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The government shouldn’t pin all of its hopes for economic growth on the finance industry
Such a strategy was tried in 1970s and came to grief in the mid-1970s secondary banking crash.
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
"You cannot run the government like a bank or private company." @chaitanyakumar.bsky.social was on @lbc.co.uk to discuss the government's plans to have private companies review department spending plans
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
100,000 businesses large and small in the UK do exactly the same. It’s not a miracle, it’s a movement #SocEnt and we need many more to see the light and repurpose their businesses to be people and planet first!
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Stage is set to celebrate the best of the #SocEnt movement this evening. Looking forward to welcoming you in a couple of hours
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
It was very enjoyable to be in Downing Street to meet with the PM today and discuss what a mission led government might achieve. Nice to catch carols and the Christmas tree switch in too!
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 02/12/2024
Today marks the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery ✍️ Slavery: on reparations and revisionism | Some right-wing commenters wilfully disregard and manipulate historical accuracy when discussing potential reparations for slavery Pen Hemingway @penhemingway.bsky.social #AbolitionOfSlavery
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Slavery: on reparations and revisionism
Some right-wing commenters wilfully disregard and manipulate historical accuracy when discussing potential reparations for slavery
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Something all of us, with any sort of representative role or platform must remember. #SocEnt
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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Thankful for all of your smart questions and comments on an obscure but important topic: Public Benefit Corporations. lol! What a great community. Please keep them coming, Bluesky! 🦃🙏🦋
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Birgit Kehrer @changekitchen.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
This is what others have said about our crowdfunder - will YOU consider donating to us NEXT, please? Any contribution to get us ober the line greatly appreciated! And even £5 turn into £25 for us due to very generous match funding! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/changekitc...
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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 28/11/2024
The UK’s continued support for the #ECHR benefits national security, says former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation @bricksilk.bsky.social 👇 🔗 rozenberg.substack.com/i/152237391/... via @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social It embodies what we stand for - leaving would be pure folly, he says.
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Appealing presenters
Also, why rights are good for security and military courts are quicker
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Protect vital non-profit, public service providers from NIC tax rise - Sign the Petition! chng.it/d54XjNy68F via @UKChange
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Protect vital public service providers from tax rise
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
#SocEnt for many organisations can be good route to choose, even liberating from ongoing uncertainty and even dependency on #philanthropy #grants #volunteering
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Good morning #blueskies ahead. Hello to all #SocEnt folk today!
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Difficult to describe what a dangerous moment we are in. The owner of Twitter/richest man in the world/closest adviser to the next US president is promoting a far-right Tommy Robinson (!) documentary to his 200 million followers. This is the mainstreaming of violent, Islamophobic fascism.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Trump is slipping farther and farther below 50%. He now leads by only 1.6%—and his vote advantage is under 2.5M. One of the narrower victories of the last 100 years of American politics, and any journalist or politico using the term mandate probably needs to retire from their profession immediately.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Govt let off accountancy, architects & private equity firms. Partners taxed as self-employed. They pay Class 4 NIC, lower rate than workers. Partners of just 4 law firms gained £4bn. Enough to cancel two-child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut. Easier to hit the less well-off archive.ph/XgSuK
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Dean Hochlaf @dhochlaf.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
It's right to aspire to a clean, resilient and independent energy system, and the move towards that is welcome But when energy oligopolists are reporting record profits, it feels a bit disingenuous to say that there is nothing to be done short-term on costs
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Will we never learn?
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Peter Holbrook @peterholbrook.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Great to meet with @microrainbow.bsky.social and Rushnara Ali MP to celebrate #SocEnt day and the contribution of #LGBTQ+ #refugees to the UK
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Firstport Scotland @firstportscotland.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Firstport CEO Gael Drummond reveals why you should care about #socialenterpriseday www.firstport.org.uk/news/its-soc...
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