On Saturday, Britain welcomes the first day celebrating social enterprises that do business by focusing on ethics and good practice. Social Saturday invites consumers to support...
Community Energy England (CEE) has welcomed a new report by Ofgem describing difficulties community energy groups face in connecting to the grid. However, the new group...
Charity Bank has announced they approved loans worth £11 million in the first half of 2014, almost double that of the same time last year. This...
The UK’s first Social Saturday – a national awareness day to build the profile of social enterprises – was launched on Wednesday by an event at...
Politicians from each of the major parties will come together to launch the UK’s first Social Saturday in a reception at the House of Commons on...
This week on Blue & Green Tomorrow, a study found that bee-killing neonicotinoids have been linked to a decline in farmland insectivore birds. We also discussed...
Some public service contracts could be reserved exclusively for social enterprises under plans from Labour, Chi Onwurrah, shadow cabinet office minister, has announced. Labour say they will...
Social enterprises and co-operatives are being called on to unite and support a crowdfunding campaign that could propel the sector to a position where it’s able...
In its annual Impact Awards, Charity Bank, the bank that exclusively serves the social economy, has recognised three of its clients for their outstanding positive impact....
Crowdfunder is an online platform for helping businesses, charities and community groups raise money from the communities around them. On the back of a record-breaking month...
Unity Trust, a specialist bank for civil society, social enterprises, councils and trade unions, has reported an 8% growth in total assets and a considerable increase...
A number of innovative entrepreneurs took to the stage on Friday in London to present ideas that could help tackle a range of social issues while...
A quarter of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Britain are heading into 2014 with sustainability among their top three priorities for the coming year....
The government has revealed details of the social investment tax relief, which aims to encourage investors to consider the social impact of their investments as well...
Following two of the year’s busiest shopping days – the consumerism-driven Black Friday and Cyber Monday – is Fair Tuesday, an initiative to promote responsible and...