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We're an online magazine for innovators, entrepreneurs, investors & advisors building a better world through good business – and a social enterprise ourselves.
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Gentrification or regeneration? The Edinburgh social enterprise helping one of Scotland's poorest areas navigate a £1.3bn regeneration programme. 🎙️ Listen to the Good Stories podcast episode 6 to find out more:
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Dr Chih Hoong Sin welcomes the UK government’s launch of the world’s biggest outcomes fund. But, he warns, we should focus on how it can best optimise impact, learning lessons from other projects around the world. Read more:
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🎙️ ‘A decent CEO sticks around when things are hard’ – June O’Sullivan, CEO of the London Early Years Foundation. Listen to the latest episode of the Good Leaders podcast here:
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In our latest SE100 Social Business Coffee Break webinar, Zoë Whyatt, CEO of Homes for Good, and Victoria Papworth, CEO of NatWest Social & Community Capital, shared their experiences of taking over leadership of established organisations. Find out more:
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Don't miss your chance! Ignite 2025, a competition run by the Ford Family Foundation, is now accepting applications to find the best and brightest young social entrepreneurs emerging from UK universities. Find out more:
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Ignite 2025, a competition run by the Ford Family Foundation, is now accepting applications to find the best and brightest young social entrepreneurs emerging from UK universities.
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NEW: Against a shifting geopolitical context, there are not only challenges, but opportunities for the impact community in Latin America and the Caribbean. Ahead of Latimpacto’s fourth annual conference, we explore delegates' top talking points:.
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Against a shifting geopolitical context, there are not only challenges, but opportunities for the impact community in Latin America and the Caribbean. Ahead of Latimpacto’s fourth annual conference,...
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New: Our deep dive into hundreds of #SE100 applications reveals the number of social enterprises with DEI strategies has been steadily growing over the past five years, despite fresh challenges hitting their turnover and impact growth. Find out more:
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The number of social enterprises with equity, diversity and inclusion strategies has been steadily growing over the past five years, despite fresh challenges hitting their turnover and impact growth,...
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In this week's newsletter ✉️. 🇬🇧 Social enterprises in UK push forward diversity efforts. 🅱️ B Corps top 1m employees, report shows they outperform peers on good jobs. 💡How the UK's Better Futures Fund could create system-level impact. Read it now:
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Last chance to book! Have you booked your spot for tomorrow's #SE100 Social Business Coffee Breaks webinar? . We’ll be talking about how to handle changes in leadership, with lessons and advice from people who have been there.
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NEW: B Corps top 1m employees, as report shows they outperform peers on providing good jobs. The global employment milestone is passed as B Lab’s new certification standards will require companies to match “Fair Work” criteria. Read more: #BCorp #GoodJobs.
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Global employment milestone is passed as B Lab’s new certification standards will require companies to match “Fair Work” criteria.
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You can find out who all the winners were here:
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NatWest SE100 2025 awards were celebrated for the first time in Manchester, England, recognising social enterprises and social investors from across the UK.
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Here’s a quick flashback to our #SE100 Social Business Awards event in Manchester which was on 15 July. See if you can spot yourself in our photos! Thank you to Jordan from @SAZmediaUK for capturing the event so brilliantly.
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THIS WEEK: Social business leaders Zoe Whyatt from @HomesForGood and Victoria Papworth from NatWest @SocComCap will share lessons and advice on handling changes in leadership. Make sure you join us for this free #SE100 webinar: . #SocEnt
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In this week's newsletter ✉️. 🚰 Water industry commission’s recommendations ignore social enterprise solutions. 🎙️ June O’Sullivan, CEO of the London Early Years Foundation, on the Good Leaders podcast. ✨ OpenAI launches US$50m fund . Read it now:
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In the #impact world this week:. 💷 Place-based impact investing: securing investment likely to take ‘much longer than originally intended’. ✅ Heading for Change completes portfolio. ✨ OpenAI launches US$50m fund. Read it now:
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Leadership transition can be a pivotal moment in a social enterprise’s journey. Join us for a conversation with leaders who’ve been there – sharing what worked, what didn’t, and how change can strengthen culture, strategy, and resilience. #SocEnt
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NEW: Water industry misses ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity for radical reform as commission’s recommendations ignore social enterprise solutions for England and Wales. Read the full article:
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ANALYSIS: The UK’s privatised water industry has been sinking into debt and disrepair for years, but a commission set up to seek solutions overlooks ownership models that could work for all, say...
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How can you handle the challenges a change in leadership can bring?. Find out in our next #SE100 Social Business Coffee Breaks webinar. Book a free place: #SocEnt. @HomesForGood @SocComCap
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This week in the Pioneers Post newsletter ✉️. 🇬🇧 UK government announces £500m social outcomes fund to support vulnerable children. 🏆 UK's best social enterprise pioneers revealed at SE100 Awards 2025. 🅱️ Impact 101: What is a B Corp?. Read it now 🔗
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What happened in the #impact world this week?. 🤝 UK prime minister launches new Civil Society Covenant. 🇬🇷 Impact investments in Greece reach €1.8bn in 2024. 🌏 Half a trillion dollars invested in gender equality across Asia Pacific. Read it now:
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