We’ve asked leaders of the social enterprise and impact community about their takeaways on the Burnham government’s first budget. From homelessness to support for small businesses and community lenders, here’s what you need to know.
Cooler growth sign of a maturing market, according to the GIIN’s State And Size Of The Impact Investing Market 2026, while GIIN leaders suggest focus should turn to greater effectiveness.
An initiative mixing tech and creativity to support local people’s wellbeing shows how social investors can support organisations from being highly grant-dependent to developing a financially sustainable social enterprise model.
The social economy community emerged from last week's Labour Party conference full of hope that the PM and his government were truly committed to engaging with the sector – but there's a long way between a stage performance and one-the-ground reality.
This week: Belu celebrates £6.5m of donations to WaterAid; Nearly 120,000 ‘for-purpose’ organisations in New Zealand; Funding CDFIs unlocks affordable lending, investment and financial inclusion, confirms analysis; and more...
Increase in private capital towards blended finance deals is “encouraging”, but scarcer concessional capital will have to be used “surgically” for market to truly scale, according to research published this week.
Do small ethical brands too often become a lifestyle choice for the rich, rather than a system-changing response to the fundamental problem we’re aiming to tackle, wonders social entrepreneur Aliza Ayaz.
Impact assets under management in Spain grew by more than 50% between 2023 and 2025, shows fresh research which was previewed at this week’s annual ‘Camino al Impacto’ event in Madrid.
OPINION: Hopes are up for the sector as prime minister Andy Burnham’s refreshed political priorities have made ministers more receptive to the message of the social enterprise community, writes Social Enterprise UK’s Jovan Owusu-Nepaul.
Solar-powered data centres, a community-owned creative economy in South Africa, solutions journalism trainees and Esther Rantzen's legacy: This week's view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
As protests grow around the world against the building of massive, environmentally destructive data centres to serve the ever growing demands of AI, one Australian social entrepreneur has developed a different type of AI data centre which meets his organisation’s social values.
This week: a new £10m programme to help mayors set up more co-ops in the UK; Schwab Foundation Awards finalists revealed; Vietnam joins GSG Impact Partnership, and more.
