In our latest SE100 Social Business Coffee Break webinar, Homes for Good CEO Zoe Whyatt and NatWest Social and Community Capital bossVictoria Papworth share their experiences of taking on a top job and the lessons they’ve learned.
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.
At a meeting of several organisations that support social entrepreneurs in Hong Kong last month it emerged that funding and human capital are the biggest challenges they face. Krisztina Tora of the Global Social Entrepreneurship Network reports.
In the fourth instalment of our Black Cab Interview series, we took Sir Ronald Cohen out for a spin. Peace in the Middle East, the easy availability of money and, of course, impact investment were all up for discussion.
Over the last 12 years, the Skoll World Forum has offered an embarrassment of riches when it comes to inspirational, world changing speakers. Included in our selection are a smattering of world leaders, a few Nobel prize winners and a pop star.
Before terrorism and Trump dominated the news, migration was the hot topic. Lee Mannion visited one social enterprise in Berlin that’s trying to build bridges.
A wide ranging survey aimed at uncovering attitudes and current practice of impact measurement is being launched. The consortium behind it is hoping the results will benefit all social ventures.
Big Society Capital (BSC) recently invited stakeholders to let it know what they thought of the organisation in a survey. The findings suggest they have mixed feelings about BSC, not all of them good.
The RSA has set itself a challenge: to demystify economics for citizens. The reward? People better able to hold politicians to account, writes Ellie Ward.
Social investors should take a lesson from the Brexit vote, writes Geetha Rabindrakumar of Big Society Capital. We need to ensure the work we do is as inclusive as possible.
A new report by David Floyd and Dan Gregory has cast doubt on the oft touted claim that social investment finance intermediaries are there because mainstream banks won’t lend.
