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Home of the hipster culture, the London Borough of Hackney is now a "Social Enterprise Place", according to Social Enterprise UK.

Events up and down the country marked the fourth year of the Social Enterprise UK-led campaign to promote social buying. 

The sixth SEUK State of Social Enterprise Survey shows that social enterprises are working with or seeking to employ disadvantaged individuals. 

Veteran of homelessness and social care Lord Victor Adebowale is to lead the board at Social Enterprise UK. The peer says he hopes to "present the public with a clear view of what social enterprise can offer."

The UK minister for civil society's proposals to strengthen relationships between third sector and public service commissioners are given a cool reception by Social Enterprise UK.

Renewable energy co-operative is named Social Enterprise of the Year at the Social Enterprise UK awards.

"Let us... see if we can create a bigger, stronger society with compassion at its heart," minister for civil society Rob Wilson said at an event where the government talked up its efforts to include social enterprises in its supply chain.

The annual conference of the body for housing associations in Birmingham had a whole day dedicated to social enterprise.

UK social enterprises are outperforming mainstream businesses on job creation, start-up rates and in promoting diversity, but key challenges around access to finance and public sector contracts remain barriers to the continued growth of the sector.