Eight years after it was created amid a buzz of optimism, the Global Social Entrepreneurship Network has shut for good. Its closure has stark lessons for those supporting social enterprises, writes GSEN co-founder Krisztina Tora.
Hatch Enterprise's Dirk Bischof, whose first boss sparked a lifelong focus on diversity, shares his frustrations with the UK's social investment market and unveils a new £10m fund targeting typically overlooked founders.
'Lived experience': just another buzzword, or a basic rule of engagement? Catch22 – which runs an incubator for entrepreneurs with direct exposure to the problems they're trying to tackle – weighs in.
A new report released by the UK government finds that there are more places than ever to go to for business support and funding. And a significant number of them are working with social enterprises.
