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.
The Arts Impact Fund will offer loans from a pot of money backed by public, private and philanthropic investors for 'artistically excellent work' that also delivers social benefit.
"This book will lift your spirits and make you laugh," says one review of Liam Black's new book. We present the second extract from The Social Entrepreneur's A to Z which focuses on essential (sometimes forgotten) business basics.
Two million adults in the UK do not have bank accounts, finds research by the Financial Inclusion Commission. A new government must make finance more accessible, says chair Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles.
Former Labour MP Les Huckfield claims the organisations promoting social investment are "not reading their own reports". Social investment doesn't address the harsh reality on the ground, he claims.
The world's first social investment bank calls on the next UK government to introduce a social enterprise regulator, new research finds that ESG investments are on the rise and McDonalds come under fire for poor corporate citizenship practise.
Charities with ambitious trading plans and social enterprises looking to grow are the target of Santander's 2015 Social Enterprise Development Awards, worth up to £10,000.
