"This is not a sprint. I burn out every few months and that hurts our business." Nicki Kopcke, the founder of Masi Maz, offers valuable advice about starting a social business at the first NatWest SE100 Insight event of 2016.

At an event in London last night, a former member of Obama's team in the White House and a model turned social entrepreneur debated if social enterprise would ever be big enough to change the world.

The deadline to enter the 2016 Stephen Lloyd Awards is 25th March. Ahead of this year's competition we talked to Energy Local, one of the 2015 winners, to see what effect it had on the organisation's work.

The last year has seen the number of community businesses rise by 9% but a new report by Power to Change also identifies a number of barriers that could mean challenging times ahead.

This year’s event will see sports and leisure provider GLL partner with the annual fundraiser, alongside well-known brands like Sainsbury’s and British Airways.

Going about its business relatively quietly for the past decade, CAN’s recent announcement of a £50m social investment fund sounded a fanfare that things were changing. As chief exec Andrew Croft tells us, there’s a lot more positive noise to come.

In the face of legislative changes that will have an impact on housing associations, the sector is trying to work out how to ensure both public and politicians are clear about the work they do.

A gathering of European social entrepreneurs in Zagreb saw plenty of getting to know each other better, alongside a good helping of sector strengthening peer-to-peer advice. You could almost feel European ties growing stronger...

The UK based venture philanthropy charity has a new programme to support more social enterprises that show potential to grow to national scale or significance.