Social investment is given the BBC Question Time treatment in an event held in London which brought out some of the most contentious issues in the sector – from asset locks to the role of the state.
The global social enterprise community has got off to a strong start as the first week of 2015 comes to an end – Jamaica is gearing up to host its first Social Enterprise Summit and India launches its biggest network of female social entrepreneurs.
Peter Holbrook, CEO of Social Enterprise UK, is among the leaders from the social economy to be honoured in the 2015 New Year Honours. He is joined by a pioneer in the health sector and the dragon who swapped TV fame for social business.
In the final round-up of 2015 a target is set for India's biggest ever impact investment fund and a Brazilian cosmetics giant becomes the world's largest B Corp.
Danish social entrepreneurs explore the idea of a start-up island, Scotland's community sport sector recieves a bonus in time for Christmas and the gender wage gap debate heats up in the UK.
A £10m investment to help give social enterprises, cooperatives and charities access to crucial financial resources has been made by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Canada is a world-class exporter of impact investment ideas and initiatives, writes Canadian social entrepreneur Adam Spence. And it's starting with partnerships in the USA.
The chancellor George Osborne plans to raise threshold for eligible investments in social enterprises to £5m a year under social investment tax relief.
The Phone Co-op invests in the HCT Group demonstrating a rare example of a social enterprise investing its excess capital into another social enterprise.
