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Director of Impact @blabuk.bsky.social | Working for a world that works for everyone, within the limits of our planet | Social Market Foundation | Emerging Futures
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On this 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, I think of Rudolf Vrba, one of only a handful of Jews ever to escape the camp - who did it to warn the world. I told his story when I was a guest on the brilliant Rest is History podcast. You can hear that here open.spotify.com/episode/1Ezd...

submitted 27 days ago • 9 comments

Well worth your time.

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Rest in peace Charles Handy. A brilliant thinker on people, businesses and organisations. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024...

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Belfast Harbour Commissioners Office brushes up well

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Good afternoon Belfast.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Good to see the statutory levy for gambling, which requires operators to set aside 1% of their gross profits to fund treatment, research and prevention finally coming to fruition. Not least due to the tireless efforts of my @smfthinktank.bsky.social colleague @jranoyes.bsky.social

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

Better than nothing. But far from enough #COP29 www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

"The Guardian was the first major international news organisation to achieve B Corp status in 2019 – which means meeting a series of criteria for high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Liam Byrne on tomorrow's budget: "We still have too many businesses focused solely on maximising their own short-term gain. To create real change, boards must take a more holistic view of success which requires advancing a new model for marketplace success." www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...

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"Despite what they described as a "significant financial blow", the business said it had honoured its commitment to its small-scale suppliers and had already paid the three artisan cheesemakers in full." Well done Neal's Yard Dairy. news.sky.com/story/scamme...

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

Well said Cath Bishop www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/o...

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Open AI says it wants to become a Benefit Corporation. Andrew Kassoy, co-founder of the global B Corp movement, says that doesn't go far enough. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/o...

submitted 132 days ago • 1 comment

A digital life well lived. www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...

submitted 141 days ago • 1 comment

What a night to be a Villa fan. More to come, we trust.

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A deep, thoughtful open conversation about Israeli, Palestine and everything that entails. Two people starting in very different places who - crucially - are willing to listen. Well worth your time. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 147 days ago • 0 comments

It's easy to forget the reality of the COVID pandemic, particularly if we didn't experience its worst. The least we can do for those who did is hear their testimony.

submitted 149 days ago • 0 comments

Happy 25th birthday to The West Wing. Still one of TV's best political dramas. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

submitted 154 days ago • 1 comment

40 years of hurt etc etc www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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When there's rain look for the rainbow. An beautifully apt view from the train home from Louder Than Words. #BCorpFestivalUK

submitted 165 days ago • 0 comments

Here's our ambition for the coming decade: we want to see a world where every UK business is acting as a force for good #BCorpFestivalUK

submitted 166 days ago • 0 comments

Let's go! Welcome everyone to Louder Than Words - the world's biggest ever gathering of B Corps #BCorpFestivalUK

submitted 166 days ago • 0 comments

It's time! Welcome! #BCorpFestivalUK

submitted 166 days ago • 0 comments

A warm welcome to Oxford #UKBCorpFestival

submitted 167 days ago • 1 comment

23 years ago I wrote a story for the Guardian about a stowaway who had fallen from a plane and landed in a car park in Richmond, w London. Then, earlier this year, I received an email from his younger brother. This is their story www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

submitted 169 days ago • 19 comments

Birmingham as a city is in a tough place right now. I'd love to Lee Child building something exciting and new in his childhood home. www.theguardian.com/books/articl...

submitted 173 days ago • 1 comment

Love this question and have no answer

submitted 179 days ago • 15 comments

Here are the unprecedented 15 national heat records that have been broken since the start of this year.

submitted 182 days ago • 1 comment

Hard agree. And the same goes for anyone seeking to address inequality and disadvantage. www.theguardian.com/media/articl...

submitted 185 days ago • 1 comment