The tale of Lion Face: how businesses could help society
TweetThe story of Lion Face puts the big into big society. Seven years ago, the 20-year-old gang member from the barrios of Aragua, Venezuela, mugged a security guard from the nearby Santa Teresa rum...
View ArticleA post-cuts third sector; where business and back office are as vital as...
TweetBy Shaks Ghosh “A hard road, leading to a better future, is how Chancellor George Osborne spoke of the journey ahead of us in yesterday’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). All I know for...
View ArticleWhat cash-strapped cities can learn from Birmingham’s clean up
TweetMy piece in Guardian Public: Litter-strewn public spaces, pavements speckled with chewing gum and rowdy street drinkers. For any town centre manager, these city centre hallmarks are familiar...
View ArticleHow your old jacket might be just the job
TweetEver considered what someone who’s homeless wears to a job interview? If you’re trying to get back on your feet and into work or training, whether you’re homeless, long-term unemployed or...
View ArticleUsing tech to transform philanthropy
TweetTech entrepreneur Alexandre Mars is known in his native France as the French Bill Gates. Having made his fortune creating and selling tech startups, Mars, 41, founded Epic Foundation two years...
View ArticleSexism, stereotypes – and getting sanitary bins on site
TweetDo women get a good deal in construction? This was the question debated by a group of young women in diverse roles in the construction industry for an article I’ve just done for Construction...
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