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  • 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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RBS SE100 Index: a portrait of a sector

With a combined turnover of £319m and an average growth rate of 60%, the top 100 enterprises in the RBS SE100 Index are an impressive bunch, fighting hard against the economic gloom to secure success against both financial and social bottom lines. But who were the three businesses who came out on top to share the £25,000 prize fund?

Matt Black

Could mutualisation be right for you?

The government’s drive to encourage frontline public sector staff to think about delivering their services independently through a public service mutual has started to accelerate - leading to more mutualisation opportunities

Andrew Laird