• Cash-strapped UK government turns to impact investors to help fund election pledges delivery

    Treasury-hosted meeting of impact investors results in announcement of £550m to tackle the UK’s housing crisis and hopes of cross-departmental commitment to boosting the impact economy. 

  • 11 London universities set sights on becoming ‘engines of impact’ as new initiative backs social enterprise spin-outs

    Exclusive preview: London Social Ventures will help students and academics to create their own social enterprises to support the communities in which their universities are based.

  • Spain’s impact investments continue upward trajectory to reach €3.3bn

    Latest marketplace figures for 2023 revealed at the fifth annual meeting of SpainNAB, as the country looks forward to the opening of its impact investment wholesaler and first social impact bond.

  • Against the odds: the growing green businesses of the Middle East

    Running a venture that helps both people and planet is hard. Amid inflation, instability and even war, it sounds almost impossible. But, for the pioneers of green business in Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt, sticking to the mission makes sense.

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The Editor’s Post: Lost in data?

Different interpretations of new data on UK social impact investment market sizing tell a range of different stories. This week's view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.