Forcing people who are ill to go back to work is not the answer to Britain’s rising economic inactivity rate. Instead, we must invest in solving the root causes of poverty, says Big Issue Invest CEO.

Social investment counts for just 1.4% of all UK business lending. So how can we get mainstream banks to play a much bigger role in the social economy? By changing the incentives – and therefore the culture – of banking, says the Big Issue Invest CEO.

Social sector organisations – and those they exist to help – have been deeply shaken by Covid-19. As they tread slowly towards a longed-for recovery phase, Big Issue Invest CEO Danyal Sattar shares what social investors can do now to support them.

It sometimes seemed like a sector put together with cardboard and pieces of string – and being a social investor can still feel lonely... Big Issue Invest boss Danyal Sattar reflects on 20 years of community investment in the UK.

Four traps social investment firms are falling into when it comes to diversity – and a few ways to avoid them, from the co-chair of the Diversity Forum.