A social enterprise bus operator in the UK has raised £10m investment from institutional investors and lenders, making this the largest growth capital investment in the UK impact investing sector.
The absence of figures from two major players leaves us wondering about the potentially huge pipline of money available; new figures from Key Fund very impressive.
There are too many social investors in a hot-air balloon that isn't rising; it needs to lose some ballast. Without compelling reasons to stay in the basket, they're getting kicked out. What happened next?
Big Issue boss Nigel Kershaw OBE joins us for a London cab ride down memory lane, recalling the early years of the UK's biggest social enterprise brand and the creation of its social merchant bank.
For the boss of the UK’s biggest and boldest social enterprise brand The Big Issue, a cab ride around London joins the dots of his life – and his mission.
