Mission-led businesses are more resilient and grow faster than the UK average, but they still only represent a small fraction of the UK’s business landscape, reveals study of Companies House data produced by Allia Impact and Beauhurst Insights.
INTERVIEW: The founding CEO of FASE knows what it means to do impact-first investing that works for social enterprises. As he takes on one of the most influential European impact investing roles, he shares his vision with Pioneers Post.
OPINION: If impact investment is about improving people’s lives, why are those people's voices often absent from investment decisions? Capital is being allocated on incomplete information.
British Business Bank announces £90m commitment across 10 microfunds led by teams from diverse backgrounds, including three that received funding and support from Pathway Fund’s incubator programme.
New research quantifies “tradeoff” between impact and financial return for the first time, but warns not to confuse cost of creating impact with fund inefficiency and calls for more philanthropic capital to back impact-first investing.
Six student social entrepreneurs have been selected as finalists to pitch at Ignite, the annual funding contest for social start-ups emerging from UK universities, created by the Ford Family Foundation.
The answer is staring them in the face, but the Labour government still doesn't seem to recognise social enterprise as a solution to delivering its promises – and stick to the same old debates intead.
INTERVIEW: Social enterprises too often slip into ‘charity talk’, so how can they be taken seriously as an economic force by the UK government? The chair of Social Enterprise UK discusses his meetings with Keir Starmer, his impatience for change in social investment – and racism.
Social Enterprise World Forum was founded in Scotland. Now, the country’s government is backing a delegation to head to Taiwan to promote its social enterprise ecosystem to the world.
Climate adaptation solutions remain under-invested despite the massive opportunities they offer. Impact investors must lead the way by combining both their capital and their influencing power to reframe climate adaptation as the smart thing to do.
This week: Schwab Foundation Awards finalists revealed, Impact Europe publishes AI guide for impact investors, and old nightclub turned into homes for people with disabilities.
The Local Access Bradford Fund, said to be the UK’s first of its kind, will offer loans compliant with Islamic law, enabling it to reach those Muslim social entrepreneurs otherwise unable to take on social investment loans.
