Has the behaviour of large charities contaminated the whole charity sector? Cue debate...

The UK's leading social investment conference has announced that it is upping sticks this year, moving out of the capital to Birmingham. Ellie Ward catches up with one of the city's social entrepreneurs – Miss Macaroon herself, Rosie Ginday.

From a South Indian catering company to a business over postgraduate courses on tackling inequality, the winners of the 2016 Big Venture Challenge have been announced. Read on to see who made the top 20. 

To what extent are councils in the UK considering social value? Research from Social Enterprise UK reveals all. Elsewhere, a new survey analyses the social enterprise sector in the Netherlands and The Big Issue in Australia celebrates a big birthday.

Last year the Italian government created a brand new department for international development. Ellie Ward talks to its boss on board the 2016 Social Enterprise Boatcamp.

Over the bank holiday weekend the inaugural Social Enterprise Boatcamp took more than 400 social entrepreneurs, students and development practitioners from Rome to Barcelona to talk business. Pioneers Post was on board to report.

The mighty Gates Foundation commits $80m to close the gender data gap, Scottish social entrepreneurs are given a start-up boost and the role of Islamic Social Finance in dealing with critical social issues is highlighted in Istanbul.

"There’s nothing on the highstreet, there’s nothing in Boots, there’s no stand out brand." James Ashwell is on a mission to serve the needs of people with dementia – the forgotten market. 

For the first time research published by the British Council reveals to what extent universities around the world are working with the social enterprise sector.