What have the two main parties promised for the social economy? Ahead of Thursday’s vote, Social Investment Business CEO Nick Temple picks apart the detail and offers his analysis of what matters.
In a boost to advocates of greater role for social enterprise in public service delivery, new research demonstrates British citizens would favour them over private companies.
Social businesses are worth over £3bn and the sector demonstrates “increasing maturity”, according to research published today, but lack of resource and staffing issues are causing concern.
Fifteen UK companies have now committed to choosing social enterprise suppliers for at least a small portion of their spending. What’s been the impact so far – and what’s next?
Plymouth became a ‘Social Enterprise City’ in 2013 – a badge that’s helped shift social enterprise from fringe to forefront. But there’s more work to be done.
