The Adebowale Commission was a timely challenge to UK social investors. But to provide more enterprise-centric finance we need answers to some important questions, says the Social Investment Forum chair.
Social Enterprise UK's 2021 State of Social Enterprise Survey finds that UK organisations are shifting priorities towards mental health, that exporting has become more frequent – and that 61% of enterprises expect their workforce to grow next year.
Confidence in impact investment grows five-fold in three years – but six in 10 of those polled find the process 'challenging', pointing to communication and consistency as areas for improvement.
The proportion of social enterprises expecting to grow has doubled since July 2020, and their levels of uncertainty have dropped, a new report by Social Enterprise UK reveals.
Big Society Capital (BSC) recently invited stakeholders to let it know what they thought of the organisation in a survey. The findings suggest they have mixed feelings about BSC, not all of them good.
CAN have recently conducted a survey trying to identify difficulties that social entrepreneurs have in running their organisations. No prizes for guessing what the number one concern was...
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New chief executive Cliff Prior is keen to garner public opinion on the social investment bank in order to influence future policy. A survey with wide ranging questions is now open to all.
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