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		<title>Cumbria Chamber Of Commerce</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cumbria Chamber of Commerce have a range of support for their members and CMS has been working in partnership within Cumbria over the last 4 years. From August 2009 we have, in consortium, an Intensive Start Up Support  programme (ISUS) in the Boroughs of Carlisle and Copleland in Cumbria. A consortium of Cumbria Chamber of Commerce, SECOD , [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Cumbria Development Agency</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last four years CMS has had a strong working relationship with WCDA and now we are running an Intensive Start Up Support programme (ISUS) across the Borough of Allerdale in West Cumbria. This is funded by Allerdale Borough Council, Cumbria County Council, ERDF and North West Development Agency. As part of the programme we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wales Coop Centre</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wales Co-operative Centre is a national agency supporting community regeneration, economic development and social justice through co-operative solutions. CMS is a delivery partner in their Social Enterprise Support Project. The Centre was set up in 1982 by the Wales TUC to help redundant workers from heavy industry.  It has evolved into an organisation helping businesses and local communities across Wales. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising Finance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gareth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CMS has experience of raising funding and finance in both start up and growth situations. It is often the case that a mix of funding (non repayable grants) together with loan finance and community equity can help to bring a project to fruition. We have a good knowledge of national and regional funding regimes, close [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Planning</title>
		<link>http://www.cms.coop/index.php/2009/09/19/business-planning-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planning for business success Business planning allows your social enterprise to create a focus for the direction of the business and provides targets that will it grow. It will also give you the opportunity to stand back and review your performance and the factors affecting your business. Business planning can provide: Greater ability to make continual improvements and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governance advice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governance Advice As your social enterprise grows and develops it is good practice to review your legal structure and governance arrangements every few years. Over time these structures can become outdated and can hamper the further development of your business.  There are several things that can happen (and sometimes several happen together):- a)      The nature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing the Right Legal Structure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Choosing The Right Legal Form CMS is a nationally recognised expert in legal forms for social enterprise. We are a regular consultee by government on legal forms for social enterprises and have advised several hundred social enterprises with their legal forms. Unlike many advisors in the sector, we offer expert advice in the full range [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Planning</title>
		<link>http://www.cms.coop/index.php/2009/09/17/business-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What your business plan should include Your business plan should include a summary of what your business does, how it has developed, where you want it to go and all the social objective you want to achive (the Triple bottom line). In particular, if you are wanting to grow, it should cover your strategy for improving your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Music North Ltd, Cumbria</title>
		<link>http://www.cms.coop/index.php/2009/09/03/new-music-north-ltd-cumbria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Music North is a community arts social enterprise specialising in music and visual art. It was set up in 2009 by community musician and creative practitioner Russell Burbush.  We adhere to a strict ethic which centres around sensitive community engagement, whilst promoting and developing a high standard of artistic output. Our main aim is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jupiter Quality Limited</title>
		<link>http://www.cms.coop/index.php/2009/09/03/jupiter-quality-limited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The support from CMS has been crucial to the emergence of Jupiter Quality Limited (JQL) as a social firm providing a quality checking service. From the first contact, CMS has provided expert advice, professional challenge and positive encouragement in a manner that has been totally empowering. Their commitment to JQL has exceeded contractual considerations and [...]]]></description>
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