A social enterprise is a business with a social or environmental mission, using its profits to further that mission rather than for...

Margaret Thatcher's Poll tax    Poll tax was intended to replace the previous system of taxing utilized by the UK government. In short,...

John Bird: Bird was a member of the Worker’s Revolutionary Party in the 1970s, a Trotskyist group in Britain. In March 2007, he ran for...

Poll tax The poll tax, a colloquial name for The Community Charge, was a name for a system of taxation implemented by Margaret Thatcher...

Social Enterprises are organisations which are set up to maximize improvements in financial, social and environmental well-being. Instead...

Born: 30 th January 1946 (as of today, 79) in Notting Hill, England  In Office: 7 th December 201  John Bird is best known as the...

The Big Issue will supply the public with quality magazines to sell, and to also assist where it is possible. If you have a disability,...

Poll tax riots  31st March 1990 at Trafalgar square, Kensington Park  Poll tax introduced by Margret Thatcher's government, in which...

The Community Charge, commonly known as the poll tax, was a system of local taxation introduced by  Margaret Thatcher 's government...

·         To become a vector of the big issue you will just need to talk to the local big issue office, which will give you magazines for...

·         A social enterprise is an organisation that applies commercial strategy to maximise improvements in social and environmental...

Social enterprises are designed to achieve special social objectives and change the world. Social enterprises strive to maximize profits...

Life of John Bird~  Bird was born in Notting Hill to a poor Irish family who held extremely prejudice views. He became homeless at the...

John Bird: The Big Issue (Context.) ·         Early life- John Bird was born in a Notting Hill slum to a family living in poverty. By the...

The early 90s was a time of change in the UK. Well, not entirely but in some ways. For one, 1990 was the downfall of the Iron Lady...

These are businesses which are set up to change the world. They create jobs and opportunities for those marginalised from the work force...

John was born in London in 1946 to a poor Irish family living in slums at the time. This is solid evidence of why John Acknowledges the...

John Bird: John Bird was born in a Notting Hill slum to a poor London Irish family. He became homeless at the age of five and lived in an...

What is a social enterprise? Social enterprises are businesses which a set up to change the world. Like traditional businesses they aim...