QLD Small Business Strategy

QLD Small Business Strategy

The new Queensland Small Business Strategy 2024-27 has highlighted the value of Social Enterprise in growing diversity in the small business sector. QSEC CEO, Adele Laughton, was in Cairns at the Strategy launch made by the Minister for Small Business, Employment and...
Canberra Calling

Canberra Calling

QSEC CEO, Adele Laughton, along with state, territory and national social enterprise peaks met with government and sector leaders in Canberra to advance the role and untapped potential of social enterprise as a tool for innovation. Across several meetings the Federal...
Compliance Matters

Compliance Matters

Compliance Matters is the Queensland Governments Procurement Compliance Branch newsletter for buyers, suppliers and stakeholders. In the March Quarter 2024 edition read about: Empowering capability: Ethical Procurement Compliance training launched alongside expansion...
Winners are Grinners

Winners are Grinners

TradeMutt cofounder Edward Ross has received the 2024 Queensland Young Achiever of the Year award for his funky eye-catching work wear. QSEC Member TradeMutt is a social impact workwear brand, by tradies for tradies to start conversations about mental health among the...
Future Reforms Workshop

Future Reforms Workshop

Jobs Australia event unpacks how social enterprise and employment services can work together to help scale job opportunities. In recognising the significant economic force social enterprise commands by injecting $21 billion annually into the economy, Jobs Australia...
Founders Shine at IWD

Founders Shine at IWD

There was epic energy in the room at the Brisbane Business Hub for International Women’s Day 2024. QSEC Members Andrea Herklots of EveryBody Trikes & eBikes and Paige McInnes, founder of Little Change Creators, joined a panel discussion alongside Carly Brown,...
Jenna joins QSEC

Jenna joins QSEC

We’re thrilled to announce Jenna Pierpoint has joined our team as our new Membership and Engagement Officer. Jenna hails from Mackay, spending her childhood and school years there before studying a Bachelor of Education at Griffith University on the Gold Coast....
Brisbane Olympics Advisory

Brisbane Olympics Advisory

Q2032 Industry Advisory Group (IAG) held its first meeting in November 2023. We are thrilled to have our CEO, Adele Laughton, join the esteemed group to represent Queensland’s social enterprise sector. The inaugural group was convened by the Brisbane 2032...