Business School

  • How do social enterprise acquisitions work?

    IMPACT 101: Why do social enterprises acquire other entities, and how do mergers and acquisitions in this sector differ to commercial ones? What are the risks? Buzzacott's corporate finance team have the answers in our freshly updated Impact 101.

  • How to be a brilliant social enterprise employer: Make flexible working the default

    Offering flexible working can give social enterprises a competitive advantage in the race to recruit the best employees – even if they can’t offer the highest rates of pay and benefits. Our webinar examined how to make it work.

  • Social enterprise and impact investing events in 2025

    Ready to network, learn and get inspired? Don't book your diary without the Pioneers Post roundup of social impact events coming soon – for social entrepreneurs, impact investors and all those working within the global impact economy.

  • Pioneers Post Business School: How to do good business, better

    The tools and insight you need to do good business, better. Get expert advice, practical insight and frontline examples on key business management topics from our network of social business practitioners and advisors. 

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We don’t need another hero

The 1970s were difficult says Simon Denny from Northampton University, but at least we can take heed from the Paper Lace song 'Billy Don't be a Hero'. Here's why.

 
Simon Denny
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Scale: the final frontier

Social enterprises face brutal government cuts, broke consumers and an anti-competitive public service market. To make it to the next generation utilising programmes like Deloitte Pioneers could be vital.

Matt Black

What on earth is a Changemaker campus?

The University of Northampton is the UK’s first Changemaker Campus. What does it mean for the University and its students? Tim Curtis of the University of Northampton gives his views.

Tim Curtis