ANALYSIS: The UK’s privatised water industry has been sinking into debt and disrepair for years, but a commission set up to seek solutions overlooks ownership models that could work for all, say impact economy experts.
Dr Chih Hoong Sin welcomes the UK government’s rediscovered enthusiasm for outcomes funds with the launch of the world’s biggest fund of this type. But we should look beyond its impressive size to focus upon how it can best optimise impact.
NatWest SE100 2025 awards were celebrated for the first time in Manchester, England, recognising social enterprises and social investors from across the UK.
Social enterprises aren’t just small and fluffy, and that shouldn’t be news to civil servants and others, says Jonathan Bland. But widespread beliefs about social enterprises’ limitations damage their ability to reach their potential.
Pioneers Post is working in partnership with the British Council to bring you insights and inspiration about social enterprise in action across the world through the Global Perspectives Collection.
It may be Africa’s economic powerhouse, but just beyond South Africa’s urban centres, opportunities to make a decent living rapidly tail off. A new project aims to change this with entrepreneurship and skills training.
At the opening session of Good Deals + Beyond Good Business, the social investors present were urged to take an active role in the growth of the businesses which they support
The British Council today launches DICE, a new programme that focusses on creative and social entrepreneurship as a way to empower women, foster youth employment and address other global challenges
Good deals deserve to be celebrated. That’s why this year’s Good Deals + Beyond Good Business conference will see the voting open for the “Good Deal of the Decade” award. Nominations have been coming in over several weeks, with 10 deals now on the shortlist.
This year's Good Deals and Beyond Good Business conference will see three social entrepreneurs make the pitch of their lives in the formidable shark tank, a live session in front of a panel of 'sharks'. But whose bait will be the juiciest?
Pioneers Post is working in partnership with the British Council to bring you insights and inspiration about social enterprise in action across the world through the Global Perspectives Collection. 
