A report published by the government last week estimates that there are 471,000 social enterprises in the UK, making up 9% of the small business population.
Diversifying from your core offering can bridge gaps in funding. Senior executives at Ripplez recently offered a salutary tale at a social enterprise leaders meet-up.
The government wants to know how to support mission-led for profit businesses and has commissioned a review. Peter Holbrook wonders why no "authentic" social businesses are on the panel.
The UK government has unveiled its 2016 social investment strategy in two new publications ahead of the Chancellor's Budget announcement tomorrow. The government aims to ensure the UK remains a world leader in social investment.
UnLtd has today announced the name of its new chief executive. This follows other key leadership announcements in the UK social enterprise sector by the Cabinet Office and Social Investment Business in recent weeks.
Legislation ensuring public service commissioners consider the social impact of services they buy in seems a no-brainer. We consider the state of the Social Value Act – which has been criticised for lacking 'teeth' – ahead of the Social Value Summit.
This week a new AU$30m impact investment fund has been announced to provide more capital for health and community services in Australia and the CEO of Social Enterprise UK speaks out about Freedom of Information laws.
"As funding for outcomes-based commissioning increases, so must the efforts of the sector to learn from social impact bonds to date," argues Jenny North at Impetus-PEF.
Angel investor Will Hobhouse explains why business values should go beyond just profit making in the third film from the UK Cabinet Office on social investment.
