The number of social enterprises with equity, diversity and inclusion strategies has been steadily growing over the past five years, despite fresh challenges, reveals our deep dive into data from the SE100 Index and Social Business Awards.
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.
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.
NatWest SE100 2025 awards were celebrated for the first time in Manchester, England, recognising social enterprises and social investors from across the UK.
“If you’re not on the first page of Google, you don’t exist,” one charity CEO told our authors. So how do you get on that first page? Three words: search engine optimisation.
Ahead of the Beyond Good Business event on 23 May, Dirk Bischof of Hatch Enterprise tells us why corporates and social enterprises working together can only be a good thing.
Asian Venture Philanthropy Network founder Douglas Miller tells us why JFK was an inspiration and how a business approach to philanthropy will create more social impact.
The new chair of Social Enterprise UK set out his stall at an event marking a year of the Buy Social Corporate Challenge, which aims to get corporates procuring from social enterprises.
Happy employees should make for a productive (and profitable) enterprise. But is your workplace culture up to scratch? The Corporate Rebels provide some food for thought.
Enough navel gazing about how we measure, writes Ben Carpenter of Social Value International. Let’s focus on the point of impact measurement – maximising social value.
Malaysian government invests £0.5m to transform delivery of social services and boost its social economy. The developments have been inspired by other countries, including the UK, Thailand and South Korea.
UnLtd marked four years of the Big Venture Challenge by presenting statistics proving the scheme's impact. CEO Mark Norbury hinted at new support to follow and Change Please also had some good news.
A cab ride around Glasgow with the head of Social Enterprise Scotland includes a song about jam sandwiches, a crowd of children – and an insight into deprivation and regeneration.
