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Brentford
About Me:
http://andrewdakers.ning.com/page/about-andrew
Website:
http://www.andrewdakers.com
Favorite Music:
Everything from U2 to The Eagles, John Dankworth and Coolio ...but there's nothing better really than a pint of Chiswick brewed London Pride and live music down at The Brewery Tap, Brentford.
Favorite TV Shows:
West Wing (never quite as exciting at Hounslow Civic Centre!), Grey's Anatomy ...and for a bit of cheesy pop, The X Factor.

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Work experience and internships: an extended charter?

As I reflected in a blog post last Thursday the idea that left me least convinced in the Prime Minister's speech to the BITC summit was the assertion that: "Put a young person into college for a month’s learning, unpaid – and it’s hailed as a good thing.  Put a young…

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Posted on February 26, 2012 at 15:30

Government announces next steps towards scaling up Corporate Responsibility and Open Business

In September 2010 I reflected on the merits of the Government launching an Open Business Responsibility Deal.  Today at the BITC Summit in London - with our new Minister for Corporate Responsibility Norman Lamb looking on - I was delighted to see the idea developed into two distinct…

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Posted on February 23, 2012 at 21:30

Time for Liberal Democrats to invoke clause 6.6 in defense of Europe and the spirit of the Coalition Agreement?

For the first time since the General Election, and stepping back from the front line of community politics in West London where I was an active Liberal Democrat for a decade (a parliamentary candidate in 2005 and 2010), I feel compelled to speak out.

The Liberal Democrats have often allowed ourselves to be presented as mindlessly pro-European - we are not. We are pro-reform and the creation of a far more efficient, less bureaucratic EU. However neither are the Liberal Democrats…

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Posted on December 11, 2011 at 18:30

Red tape strangling sustainable ideas - Guardian Sustainable Business blog

As The Cooperation Incubator's work in partnership with Business in the Community continues to gather momentum you can read my article in today's Guardian Sustainable Business blog on the challenges competition law presents public benefit collaboration by businesses:…

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Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:00

“Charles seeks ‘big society’ role in shaping Britain’s towns and cities”, The Guardian, Saturday 27 November 2010

Last Thursday evening (25 November) 330 residents, business people and investors gathered at the Holiday Inn Brentford, West London, for our annual Christmas Lights fundraising dinner. This was the fourth such gathering – the Big Society has long established foundations in Brentford, a town whose roots can be traced back to 781AD. Yet whilst we enjoyed a wonderful evening, rather than unbounded optimism at a new Government that recognises the vital importance and role of civic society, talk…

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Posted on November 27, 2010 at 23:30

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