Threadneedle Investments today announced that Warwickshire County Council will invest £40 million into its Social Bond Fund. The fund's progress could be key to helping a mainstream culture of social investment emerge in the UK.

In an alpine lodge on Whistler Mountain two men pondered "the snow leopard", an ambitious man from Ghana who made it to the Winter Olympics. Their idea was to set up a social enterprise that could inspire similar ambitions in others.

Key steps to releasing $1 trillion into the social investment market were announced today as the G8 Taskforce on Social Impact Investment, chaired by Sir Ronald Cohen, launched its concluding report.

He's joined police forces across the country to tackle knife and gun crime, he runs anti-bullying programmes in schools, and now he wants to launch a social enterprise leisure centre to rival Virgin, Fitness First and David Lloyd Leisure. 

Mandela, Obama, and Malala have all moved people to tears and action. Their words are powerful, but it's the way they said it that made us listen.

When the results of the Peterborough Social Impact Bond went public yesterday celebratory tweets were met with implications of failure.

You can't avoid human error. But you can polish your project management skills to produce your best work yet.

A 'no fluff' insight into leading UK retailer John Lewis, where a human relationship with mattress suppliers (among others) is driving the sort of innovation that will help us sleep at night.