At the Cabinet Office Social Investment Awards in London last night Bridges Ventures triumphed in two categories, whilst other winners included Social and Sustainable Capital, Social Investment Scotland and Ethex.

At the SEE Change conference in London this week, there was much convincing rhetoric on how influential higher education institutions can be in raising the profile of social entrepreneurship.

Having worked in senior roles for two very different companies in the last 15 years, we thought Andrew Croft, chief executive of CAN, would be able to offer a few pearls of wisdom about running a successful organisation. Turns out we were right.

CEO of Business in the Community Stephen Howard can boast a decade of experience of encouraging companies to do the right thing. We talked to him to find out what changes in attitudes he has seen during that time.

If you had $1m, would you give it to a for-profit or a non-profit to maximise your social return on investment? Two teams locked horns at the Skoll World Forum to discuss.

How is the B Corps movement getting on? At Marmalade, the fringe event to the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, the founders gave an update whilst Cliff Prior of Big Society Capital hinted at something similar the UK government may be hatching. 

New chief executive Cliff Prior is keen to garner public opinion on the social investment bank in order to influence future policy. A survey with wide ranging questions is now open to all.

At the recent NatWest SE100 Insight event, a trio of different kinds of bankers were candid about how social enterprises can get their hands on some much needed moolah.