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Nick Saward
Nov 3, 20222 min read
JOHN BIRD
Early Life Bird was born in a Notting Hill slum to a poor Irish family in London. He became homeless at the age of five and found himself...
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Nick Saward
Nov 3, 20222 min read
Britain in the early 90s
Poll tax The Poll tax was Margaret Thatcher’s way of replacing domestic rates in Scotland, Wales & England. It provided funds to local...
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Nick Saward
Nov 3, 20222 min read
90's Britain: The Big Issue
The Poll tax riots begun on the 31st March 1990 located mainly within Trafalgar Square, London with the intention of abolishing the poll...
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Nick Saward
Nov 3, 20223 min read
The Big Issue- the role of the vendor
The Big issue helps vulnerable people work their way out of poverty by giving them the opportunity to make money. how to become a vendor:...
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Nick Saward
Nov 1, 20222 min read
Social Enterprises
What is a Social Enterprise A social enterprise is an independent business, autonomous of state/government control and is set up to...
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Nick Saward
Nov 1, 20222 min read
Britain in the early 90s- The Big Issue
What were Poll Tax riots? The poll tax riots were a series of riots that took place in British towns during protests against the...
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Nick Saward
Nov 1, 20222 min read
John Bird
John Bird is the founder of The Big Issue; the idea came from his experiences being homeless. He was born into a poor London Irish family...
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Nick Saward
Nov 1, 20222 min read
Social Enterprises
Social enterprises are businesses whose primary purpose is addressing a social or environmental challenge rather than creating profit for...
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Nick Saward
Oct 15, 20211 min read
Britain in the 1990s
March 1990 had seen the Poll Tax Riots, a series of riots in British towns and cities during protests against the Community Charge which...
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Nick Saward
Oct 15, 20211 min read
John Bird: from the nest to the skies.
John Anthony Bird, Baron Bird, MBE (born 30 January 1946) is a British Social entrepreneur who co-founded the Big Issue magazine. its a...
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Nick Saward
Oct 15, 20211 min read
The big issue- social enterprise
Social enterprise Social enterprises are businesses that put the interests of people and planet ahead of shareholder gain. These...
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Nick Saward
Oct 15, 20211 min read
Big Issue - Vendor information
To become a vendor, you have to visit one of the Big Issue offices to speak to a member of their team. You need to undergo a induction...
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Sally Hughes
Oct 14, 20211 min read
The Big Issue: Britain in the 90s
The Poll Tax: Tax issued as a fixed sum on every liable person without reference to income or resources. They were seen as an unfair way...
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Oct 14, 20212 min read
The Big Issue: How Vendors Sell Their Copies
As a vendor of The Big Issue, there are a set of stipulations that they must follow when trying to sell their copies of the magazine....
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Nick Saward
Oct 14, 20211 min read
The Big Issue: A Social Enterprise
Social enterprises are businesses that are changing the world for the better as they believe in a fairer and more equal society. The Big...
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Oct 20, 20201 min read
The Big Issue - Vendor Agreement
To start with Big Issue vendors are given five free magazines to sell after they email or ring the company itself. The Big issue requires...
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Oct 20, 20202 min read
John Bird Biography
Early life: John Bird who is of Irish decent was born in Notting Hill, London during the post war period where he himself states he was a...
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Oct 20, 20202 min read
The Poll Tax Riots
The poll tax riots were a series of riots in British towns and cities during protests against the Community Charge, introduced by the...
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Oct 20, 20202 min read
The Big Issue: Background and Context Pertaining to The Poll Tax and Political Issues of the 1990s
The poll tax or The Community Charge was a fixed rate of tax placed upon each legal adult in the UK determined by there local authority...
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Oct 20, 20201 min read
Social Enterprises - The Big Issue
Social enterprises change the world, so when The Big Issue was created in 1991 by John Bird he wanted to change the way we see magazines....
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