Government review of Social Investment Tax Relief attracts long list of recommendations, including calls to make it accessible to a much wider range of businesses.
PLUS: Acumen spinout 60 Decibels raises $1.7m, G20 leaders back more innovative financing to fund SDGs, Encourage Capital raises US$40m to bring clean energy financing solutions to Indian entrepreneurs, and more.
Feedback prompts the social investment wholesaler to overhaul its brand – engaging a marketing agency that specialises in working with "complicated businesses".
Pressure grows on social investors to address the UK’s dangerous levels of inequality – including seeking out campaigning groups and other equality-focused organisations for their portfolios.
A new body is to advance impact investing – including by monitoring policy and regulation and advocating for change – and to promote the UK as a world hub in this area.
For all the potential benefits of impact investing, major questions are still to be resolved. A round-up of thoughts from industry insiders across Europe – plus a handful of solutions.
Bristol & Bath Regional Capital, set up in 2015 to connect investors with promising community projects in south-west England, is launching its own fund for the first time. Pioneers Post finds out why.
