Adrian Ashton

I've always had a personal interest in the government's flagship legal form for social enterprises, the Community Interest Company (...

I'm aware that in some quarters of the social enterprise sector, I have a reputation as being "the CIC killer" - and I've ...

OK - so this post is in my bucket of 'more likely to cause upset and controversy', but sometimes you have to be unpopular for the sa...

Nearly 20 years ago, the Community Interest Company (CIC) form was introduced to high acclaim and interest for the social economy sector. Si...

As some may recall, I recently shared a feature, published by Pioneers Post, that openly asks if CICs have had their day in light of signifi...

13 years ago I posted my first blog about my ideas relating to the much hyped (and sometimes fetishized) legal structure for social enterpri...

Some people regard me as an expert authority on legal and governance forms for social enterprise, community businesses, and co-operatives - ...

Long-time readers of this blog may have noticed that from time to time I write about Community Interest Companies (the legal form created fo...

Some people may be aware that I've always questioned and challenged the Community Interest Company (CIC) legal form ( see previous blog ...

I blogged recently about why we need to stop using the word 'pivot' - but we should keep encouraging everyone to think about how t...

If the title of this post sounds counter-intuitive, that's because I'm still struggling to reconcile the inspiration for it: a stat...

Anyone who's ever asked me for (professional) advice or guidance will know that I always try refer to what published research has to sa...

As some of you will know, I'm an approved provider for various enterprise support programmes, one of which is Big Potential - funded d...

So - as some of you know, I can be a bit of an anorak when it comes to sector governance, and statistics. Not just because my brain seems t...