As Convergence publishes figures showing the blended finance market held strong in 2024, it predicts that US-led international assistance budget cuts will put smaller, high-impact deals most at risk.
B Lab’s revised standards for B Corps currently omit ‘Impact Business Models’, one of the certification’s most promising tools for recognising the businesses that make the most meaningful impact, says Anton Simanowitz.
As Big Issue Invest celebrates achieving £100m of social investments during its first 20 years, executive chair Mark Porter reflects on the UK social investor’s journey so far and the challenges that lie ahead.
Three daring innovations could make the new social impact bond, launched by New York State in partnership with Merrill Lynch and Social Finance Inc, the biggest and boldest SIB out there says Michael Belinsky.
Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) will recieve £5.2 billion of EU funds over the next 7 years. Chief executive of Social Enterprise UK, Peter Holbrook, explains what this will mean for social enterprises in the UK.
Fire, food and an act of friendship in the South African bush led social investor James Perry to ask if we can force finance through the flames of change this new year
Science-backed evidence shows sex, survival and the search for an excellent mate could be what drives social entrepreneurs. Nathaniel Smith investigates.
39 local enterprise partnerships have included social enterprises in plans to use £5.2bn of EU funding, according to research published today by SEUK, the national body for social enterprise in the UK.
As foundations explore beyond the offer of grants to support social organisations, the latest open data compiled by the UK government provides an early snapshot of their activities in the emerging social investment landscape.
There's a powerful chemistry between social enterprise and education, says education consultant Anita Devi, with snapshots of innovators from across the globe to prove her point.
