As Convergence publishes figures showing the blended finance market held strong in 2024, it predicts that US-led international assistance budget cuts will put smaller, high-impact deals most at risk.
Pioneers Post and NatWest are seeking out the brightest and best applicants for this year's NatWest SE100 Social Business Awards. Don't miss your chance to be counted among the UK's top social enterprises this year.
People displaced by conflict don’t have to be passive recipients of donations. Vadym Georgienko explains how a pilot of the ‘Citizen Token System’, which he designed, has enabled entrepreneurs in a town in western Ukraine to thrive.
From tracking underwater creatures to optimising crop yields, many entrepreneurs now use AI to tackle environmental challenges. But, with much uncertainty – and concerns about AI’s negative impact – they’re entering unknown waters.
B Lab’s revised standards for B Corps currently omit ‘Impact Business Models’, one of the certification’s most promising tools for recognising the businesses that make the most meaningful impact, says Anton Simanowitz.
Three daring innovations could make the new social impact bond, launched by New York State in partnership with Merrill Lynch and Social Finance Inc, the biggest and boldest SIB out there says Michael Belinsky.
Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) will recieve £5.2 billion of EU funds over the next 7 years. Chief executive of Social Enterprise UK, Peter Holbrook, explains what this will mean for social enterprises in the UK.
Fire, food and an act of friendship in the South African bush led social investor James Perry to ask if we can force finance through the flames of change this new year
Science-backed evidence shows sex, survival and the search for an excellent mate could be what drives social entrepreneurs. Nathaniel Smith investigates.
39 local enterprise partnerships have included social enterprises in plans to use £5.2bn of EU funding, according to research published today by SEUK, the national body for social enterprise in the UK.
As foundations explore beyond the offer of grants to support social organisations, the latest open data compiled by the UK government provides an early snapshot of their activities in the emerging social investment landscape.
There's a powerful chemistry between social enterprise and education, says education consultant Anita Devi, with snapshots of innovators from across the globe to prove her point.
P3, Right Track and Patchwork people were named leaders in social enterprise for their strong growth, high standards of social impact reporting and solid business arrangements at this year's RBS SE 100 awards.
