Social Engagement Making a difference to your community

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• Social Engagement Making a difference to your
  community your business
• Paul Buchanan, Membership Director, London
  South East
• Stephanie Hagan, Partnerships Manager

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Why Corporate Responsibility Makes Business
Sense

• Brand/Reputation
• Transparency
• Changing demographics
• Recruitment, retention and motivation of staff
• Sustaining innovation and competitive advantage
• Risk Management

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What is the Small Business Journey?

• Web site for small businesses and their networks
• Its free
• It has over 70 case studies of SMEs who are
  already realising business benefits
• It has 5 minute manager briefings so that the
  busy owner/manager can get started straightaway.

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www.smallbusinessjourney.com
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Your route map to value .
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• Slough Business Community Partnership
• www.sbcp.co.uk
• Connect Reading
• www.connectreading.co.uk

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• London Better Together Initiative
• www. londonbettertogether.org.uk

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And finally .

• Thank you!