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.
Why are governments in Asia supporting social enterprises to address social and environmental problems? And what approaches are they taking to build social economies that deliver more sustainable and inclusive growth?
Ahead of his appearance on the judging panel for Chivas The Venture, Lstn's director of positivity Joe Huff tells us how selling audio products allows other people to regain their hearing. All hail the power of music.
The UK's leading social investment conference has announced that it is upping sticks this year, moving out of the capital to Birmingham. Ellie Ward catches up with one of the city's social entrepreneurs – Miss Macaroon herself, Rosie Ginday.
We thought we'd talk to someone who has done just that. Kelly Davies is the boss of Vi-Ability. Six years after starting, Vi-Ability is debt free, has 16 members of staff and it seems the sky's the limit. So how did she do it?
From a South Indian catering company to a business over postgraduate courses on tackling inequality, the winners of the 2016 Big Venture Challenge have been announced. Read on to see who made the top 20.
Despite a history of co-operative economic development Wales is dragging its heels when using social enterprises to deliver public services. The government has described them as a 'least worst' option. Dan Boucher wonders why.
Prior to this year’s Skoll World Forum we talked to Skoll Foundation CEO Sally Osberg to discuss her recently published book on social entrepreneurs and the effect they are having on global challenges.
A generation distracted by modern gadgets and hamstrung by university debts and spiralling house prices isn’t saving for the future. How can wealth management firms get their attention? Could a social enterprise be the answer?
