NatWest SE100 2025 awards were celebrated for the first time in Manchester, England, recognising social enterprises and social investors from across the UK.
The Better Futures Fund is the result of months of consultations over a new social impact investing vehicle announced by the government last autumn, and aims to support 200,000 children over 10 years.
Our demand for more and more clothes is bad news for the planet. New, nature-derived materials promise a lighter footprint – but can they convince price-conscious shoppers, investors and retailers to take a leap into the unknown?
Being relatively new to the UK social enterprise sphere hasn't stopped Realise Futures from making its mark. Earlier this year Pioneers Post headed to Ispwich to visit the CIC that is boosting employment opportunities in the East.
Once upon a time John Taylor Hospice embarked on a mission to raise awareness about prostate cancer in one of the UK's biggest cities, Birmingham. Now, as RBS SE100 award-winners, the team tell their story.
Danish social entrepreneurs explore the idea of a start-up island, Scotland's community sport sector recieves a bonus in time for Christmas and the gender wage gap debate heats up in the UK.
Author and neuroscientist Dr Paul Zak tells the Saïd Business School that truly responsible business leaders think of their employees as volunteers and explains how to create the optimum working environment.
In the final part of their analysis Dr Andrew Curtis and Tara Anderson question the drive to make social innovation more mainstream and call for the re-discovery of the term's origins.
Here's our pick of some of the best social Christmas gifts – from silk scarves that support disadvantanged crafts people in India to leather footballs produced by a sub-Saharan social enterprise.
On your marks, get set, go! Big Society Capital fires the starting gun for the race for the UK's private sector to come up with the best business proposal which generates both economic and social value.
Profit with purpose – a dangerous shift away from the carefully nurtured social economy or the future for social entrepreneurs looking for investment as they try to break into the market?
Earlier this year the SROI Network – soon to be Social Value UK – brought together individuals from the social enterprise, charity and corporate sectors in Milan, Italy to discuss the importance of true, honest impact measurement.
