News and Views

  • ‘We have to be leaders’: Jordanian tech entrepreneur on inspiring the next generation amid Middle East war

    As the Assad regime in Syria fell, and while war continued to rage in Gaza, a Jordanian social entrepreneur shares how he’s encouraging young people to stay hopeful amid war and uncertainty – including with the ‘Robot Football Olympics’.

  • UK social investment making ‘slow and disappointing progress’ in meeting social entrepreneurs’ needs – Adebowale

    UK social investment industry still ‘designed to favour social bankers, not social businesses’, concludes Social Enterprise UK’s ‘report card’ on the Adebowale Commission.

  • Amend new employer tax policy, Social Enterprise UK tells Labour – as survey scrutinises government’s impact

    One third of social enterprises were pessimistic about new government’s potential impact on their business even before announcement of employer National Insurance Contribution increases, according to new report.

  • A building wave: the corporate-Indigenous partnerships doing things differently

    Big business has a dismal record when it comes to respect for Indigenous peoples and local communities. That’s starting to shift, as even the most profit-hungry CEOs see that our futures are all interconnected. Are we entering a new era of partnership?

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Opinion: Aspirations for social enterprise set the bar too low

Two common refrains – hoping for the day when “every business is a social enterprise”, and claiming that social entrepreneurship “is a verb, not a noun” – sound positive. In fact, they hold us back from true progress, says the Trico Charitable Foundation boss. 

Dan Overall