News

30 Nov 2015

Celebrating the sector at UK Social Enterprise Awards

Last Thursday saw social enterprises from across the country come together for a night of celebration at the annual UK Social Enterprise Awards. The Awards, organised by the trade and membership body, Social Enterprise UK, recognises outstanding achievements by social enterprises. Read more

25 Nov 2015

Mixed bag for third sector in this year's Spending Review

Today Chancellor George Osborne set out his spending plans for the next four years in the Autumn Statement and Spending Review which were a mixed bag for the third sector. Read more

16 Nov 2015

£12m care and wellbeing fund to invest in community care

Big Society Capital and Macmillan Cancer Support have formed a partnership to launch a £12m Care and Wellbeing Fund to lend money to develop and scale community care services. Read more

10 Nov 2015

New £1.5m Impact Readiness Fund launched

The Social Invesment Business (SIB) has launched a new £1.5m Impact Readiness Fund to help ambitious social ventures manage their performance and increase their social impact to attract social investment and win contracts. Read more

06 Nov 2015

Mapping the legal landscape of social enterprises in Europe

Bates Wells Braithwaite has co-authored a new ground breaking report which maps the legal landscape of social enterprises in Europe and sets out recommendations for national government and other policy makers. Read more