OPINION: The £28bn National Wealth Fund’s new strategy firmly closed the door on social enterprises and charities, says Social Investment Business’s Jack Wakefield. The social economy should have equal access to public finance.
New Philanthropy Capital claims it's made the first estimate of the scale of the UK’s impact economy, bringing together impact-led businesses, charities, political parties and others, while omitting co-operatives and employee-led businesses.
Quadrennial review praises Access for its success in providing wider access to social investment but highlights challenges as mobilising new sources of funding beyond dormant assets proves increasingly urgent.
Prosperity within planetary boundaries, nature-based solutions, the blue economy and development finance were also on the agenda at this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. Here's all you need to know from Davos 2026.
Exclusive preview: London Social Ventures will help students and academics to create their own social enterprises to support the communities in which their universities are based.
Treasury-hosted meeting of impact investors results in announcement of £550m to tackle the UK’s housing crisis and hopes of cross-departmental commitment to boosting the impact economy.
Latest marketplace figures for 2023 revealed at the fifth annual meeting of SpainNAB, as the country looks forward to the opening of its impact investment wholesaler and first social impact bond.
Different interpretations of new data on UK social impact investment market sizing tell a range of different stories. This week's view from the Pioneers Post newsroom.
This week: news from Social Nest Foundation, British International Investment, Sitawi in Brazil, Democratic Finance Scotland and the Social Business Wales Awards.
Better Society Capital, the UK’s social investment wholesaler, reveals 7% growth in the market since 2022 plus a new analysis of the most prolific types of investor.
Updated: Student doctor scoops £20,000 top prize for his AI-driven platform to support medical professionals, in a new contest to support the most innovative start-up social enterprises coming out of UK universities.
We thought long and hard about whether to publish our feature on the Middle East this week, but we believe that the global community of impact pioneers can offer solidarity by understanding each other's work on a deeper level.
