News and Views

  • UK social impact investment market tops £11bn in 2024 – Better Society Capital

    New research from the UK’s social investment wholesaler shows a 12% year-on-year increase largely driven by a jump in investment in social and affordable housing, while the picture is more mixed in other segments of the market.

  • UK’s top social enterprises revealed at ‘heartening’ Social Enterprise Awards 2025 celebration

    Winners across 15 categories were unveiled at a London ceremony last night, ranging from household names Change Please and The Skill Mill to promising newcomers like EcoCoach CIC. 

  • How to build an ‘impact city’: insights from a decade in the Hague

    As the Dutch city of the Hague celebrates 10 years as a self-appointed ‘impact city’ – supporting startups working to make a positive difference – Coos Santing tells us what’s working, what’s not, and why rivalry with other urban centres is softening.

  • Impact Europe, GSG Impact and allies urge EU legislators to back Commission’s SFDR recognition of impact investing

    ‘Major milestone’ for impact investing as revision of Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation acknowledges it for the first time as a distinct practice, but text risks being cut as it journeys through EU legislative negotiations.

UK social enterprise awards 2025 audience

The Editor's Post: Why we all need a 'festival of hope'

Events like this week's UK Social Enterprise Awards are an all too infrequent bright spot in many people’s calendars: it gives people a chance to reflect upon the positive things that they have achieved despite a challenging economic and political context.