Who We Are

Social Business Brokers CIC was set up as a Community Interest Company in 2010 by Leeds-based social entrepreneurs Gill Coupland and Rob Greenland.

In 2005 Gill set up Angels Housekeeping a social enterprise which offers hundreds of hours of domestic support to older people in Leeds. Gill is well known within the world of social business, was a Social Enterprise Ambassador and speaks regularly at social enterprise conferences and events. She previously worked as a legal executive, and as a manager of a charity supporting older people.

Rob started out in social enterprise fifteen years ago at a fair trade co-operative in Leeds. He worked there for 7 years in a variety of roles before jumping over into the world of social business support, developing and delivering a start-up course for social entrepreneurs across West Yorkshire.

He set up Social Business Consulting in 2005, and writes one of the most widely read blogs in the sector, The Social Business. He has written regularly for publications including The Guardian, New Start and Social Enterprise Magazine, and is a member of the Guardian’s Social Enterprise Network advisory panel.

Rob and Gill are supported in their work by Jo Widdop, an experienced Project Co-ordinator who makes sure that we can deliver a variety of projects and events to a consistently high standard. Jo also handles all of our web and marketing requirements.

If you have any questions about our business, please get in touch.