It's not every day that the Prime Minister invites you to hop on a plane to Milan. But that's exactly what happened to CEO of Belu Karen Lynch, who this week flew the social enterprise flag at the EXPO UK National Day.
Calling all social entrepreneur VIPs – Liam Black has a reality check for you. In an extract from The Social Entrepreneur's A to Z, he questions the glitz and glamour of the social enterprise award calendar and says you must keep your feet on the ground.
They may be small, but they're mighty: the first long-term analysis of the UK's social enterprise sector reveals explosion in tiny social enterprises – plus phenomenal growth figures.
“Every breakdown in global markets is a valuable lesson.” Professor Boleslaw Rok from Warsaw's Kozminski University describes the social enterprise scene in Poland, what it takes to be a social entrepreneur and "MAD" goals.
The 2015 European Commission Social Innovation Competition launched this week and aims to find the best business ideas to tackle the most pressing issues in Europe – ageing populations, climate change and more.
Led by a group of successful social entrepreneurs, including Michelle Morgan from Livity, the third Dirty Rotten Socials event at London’s House of St Barnabas discussed innovative business ideas with social impact at their core.
From cashmere sweaters made out of discarded textiles to the first gold wedding bands sourced from socially and environmentally approved mines, here's our pick of responsible fashion brands to coincide with London Fashion Week.
Following up the news that, after three years, Streetbank's founders eventually celebrated being recognised as a registered charity at the end of 2014, Pioneers Post has received responses from both the Charity Commission and the CIC regulator.
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.
