• Making a home for social enterprise to Livv and Flourish

    'Makerspaces' in Liverpool that bring creativity to communities and provide hubs for budding artisans and entrepreneurs to flourish have become the first beneficiary of a brand new social investment fund ringfenced for the Liverpool City Region.

  • Budget 2024: UK Government will create social impact investment vehicle to deliver its missions

    ANALYSIS: Impact sector welcomes “hugely significant” announcement in the first budget from the new Labour government, but social entrepreneurs fear the impact of rising employers’ costs while the National Wealth Fund remains a mystery.

  • Impact investments worldwide break through US$1.5tn – 2024 GIIN report

    Pension funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors are now major actors in the global impact investing landscape, reveals the GIIN’s 2024 market sizing research.

  • What is place-based impact investing?

    IMPACT 101: Place-based impact investing doesn't just mean investing in a particular city, region or rural area – so what does it mean? And why are pension funds, local authorities and asset managers getting involved?

  • The Impact Library: exclusive access for our subscribers

    Get unlimited access to the Pioneers Post Impact Library: knowledge, insight and good practice from two decades of coverage of social enterprise and impact investment around the world.

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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.