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Voluntary sector failing to deliver equality for women new report finds

26 January 2012

Report shows that just 27% of top charity CEOs are women in a sector where 7 out of 10 workers are female. ...more

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The Business

Video: Responsible capitalism in action?

25 January 2012

Politicians of right and left are fighting to claim the ‘responsible capitalism’ territory, as public anger at profiteering multinationals and overpaid CEOs continues to rumble. But what does responsible business look like in practice? ...more

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Ernst & Young launch support programme for UK’s young business leaders and social entrepreneurs

26 January 2012

Ernst & Young has pledged its support to the UK’s young business leaders and social entrepreneurs with a new programme of free business workshops.   ...more

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RBC $20m Impact Fund breaks new ground in Canadian banking sector

25 January 2012

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), one of the 'Big 5' banks in Canada, has launched a huge impact investing initiative. ...more

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GSK boss tells corporate leaders: It’s good for business for business to be good

23 January 2012

The head of global pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline has made a powerful case for businesses to connect more strongly with society and its values and reap the business benefits of doing so. ...more

Social Investment

£4.5m social impact bond for Merseyside

20 January 2012

Triodos Bank and GMCP (Greater Merseyside Connexions Partnership) win £4.5m DWP Innovation Fund payment by results contract to help support young people in Merseyside who may be unemployed or at risk of unemployment. ...more

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Co-operatives UK applauds historic announcement by Prime Minister of a consolidated act for co-operatives

19 January 2012

David Cameron has announced plans to refer legislation governing co-operatives and mutuals to the Law Commission. ...more

Features

Darwin: the true father of economics?

18 January 2012

As Europe stares into an economic abyss and with the US appearing to be in terminal decline, capitalism is under the cosh. Economist and author Robert H. Frank explains his vision of an economic model inspired by Charles Darwin. ...more

The Business

Video: Deloitte Social Innovation Pioneers

17 January 2012

2012 will be a tough year for UK social enterprises but there are still plenty of opportunities to grow throughout. Helen Bishop visited the Deloitte head office, to find out how they're supporting social businesses in the year ahead. ...more

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Social Business – the missing piece of the social economy puzzle?

17 January 2012

A quirk in UK company law and a steer from the US could lead the way to truly harnessing the power of capitalism in the service of society, suggests Luke Fletcher ...more

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Dragon fires interest in Nick Clegg’s employee ownership proposals

16 January 2012

Calls from Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to back employee ownership struck a chord with leaders across business and civil society today, including one of Britain’s best known ‘dragon’ entrepreneurs. ...more

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Toughing it out in voluntary youth services: how a social enterprise approach can help

11 January 2012

Life running youth services is far from child’s play, with squeezed incomes and many cuts. Ólöf Jónsdóttir at Social Enterprise UK looks at a more entreprneurial business model ...more

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Will social enterprise please put me out of a job?

9 January 2012

Bob Thust, head of corporate responsibilty at Deloitte, explains how the Social Innovation Pioneers programme will develop and scale social enterprises, influence the mainstream – and get him fired. ...more

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