There seem to have been a lot of meetings at SSE HQ this week. Every time I’ve looked up from my desk, everyone has gone from one meeting into another. I’ve not been invited to any of them, but I’m sure they are all very exciting and important, like meetings always are. Anyway, to make up for the disappointment of me being excluded from the fun I’ve invented my own meeting (including horrendous office speak), to which you’ve been invited.

After this you might as well knock off for the week, enjoy your weekend!

@davemcglashan

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I’m chasing my tail a bit today so this week’s news is a little brief. There’s some good stuff in their though – jobs, courses, funding news. If you’ve had a frustrating week check out the last link too for evidence that it’s not just you!

Have a good weekend

@davemcglashan

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Well now. An afternoon edition. The difference in scheduling is of course because I’ve been busy, and definitely not because I’ve had half an ear on the cricket this morning and been slightly distracted. This is a workplace after all (but what a morning from England!). But enough of that, because I’m officially declaring that now is the start of the weekend. Read this and then stop what you are doing, pour yourself a cold drink and get outside and enjoy the sunshine (or stay in and watch the cricket). If anyone asks tell them that I said it’s ok…

There’s some useful stuff in this week’s news, enjoy!

@davemcglashan

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“David, what are you going to write about in this week’s Have I Got Social Enterprise News For You?” excitedly asked nobody in the office this week. “There’s so much that’s happened. Kanye at Glastonbury, the hottest July day ever, Wimbledon, Greece and the Eurozone, the England football team AND the Social Enterprise World Forum in Milan. There’s so much to theme the newsletter around. What will you do?”

Well, we’re not going with any of those. Instead, we’re going to ignore all of the news and work our way through another musical edition. Sit back, relax, and let’s blast out some summer themed tunes with this week’s news…

@davemcglashan

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I’ve been in Manchester at the CIH Housing Conference all of this week so this week’s Have I Got Social Enterprise News For You is very much a rushed back of an envelope job. (No-one is going to be reading it anyway, as everyone seems to be at Glastonbury!)

I could write extensively about our time at the conference but in summary the main takeaways from the entire trip were: 1. Our Head of Comms Leonie is a surprisingly excellent karaoke rapper. 2. Manchester can provide a rather lively night out. 3. We need to up our game when it comes to exhibition stand decoration:

-Spot the SSE stand

Next week’s edition should be a little less rushed, but for now, here’s the news:

@davemcglashan

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