Liverpool-based FRC Group is no stranger to political and economic uncertainty. In its 27 years of existence the 2014 RBS SE100 award winner has demonstrated unshakeable resilience and proved itself to be a champion of British social enterprise.
Our special report explores both the performance and the confidence of the UK's top 100 social enterprises in early 2020 – almost two-thirds of whom said they were ‘optimistic’ about the future just before the onset of Covid-19.
In a speech to attendees at the NatWest SE100 Leadership event, social entrepreneur Niall McShannon spoke about the challenges of running a social enterprise and issued a warning about the sector's capabilities.
The NatWest SE100 Social Business Club lands in Manchester next week. So how is social enterprise doing in 'the belly and guts of the nation' (as George Orwell described the area)?
Every quarter in Pioneers Post Quarterly magazine, we take a look at one of the organisations in the NatWest SE100 Social Business Club. DNDP is currently top dog in terms of growth amongst Scottish social ventures on the SE100 Index.
At the NatWest SE100 Social Business Club Insight event in Bristol, the social entrepreneurs behind successful social enterprises Vi-Ability, 2nd Chance and Co-Wheels shared their travails and triumphs with an audience that was all ears.
We thought we'd talk to someone who has done just that. Kelly Davies is the boss of Vi-Ability. Six years after starting, Vi-Ability is debt free, has 16 members of staff and it seems the sky's the limit. So how did she do it?
Social enterprises will be invited to attend free events that will provide knowledge and resources to help their venture grow and thrive and a host of other goodies are there for the taking.
