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Caan backs major new search to support green entrepreneurs

22 February 2012

Entrepreneur James Caan launches multi-million pound 'Berti' fund for green business. ...more
Ethical investment platform secures £250,000 boost for growth

16 February 2012

Ethex has secured £250,000 from a consortium of five foundations. ...more
Innovation in Giving fund makes first of £10m investments

15 February 2012

The Cabinet Office and NESTA today announced the first fifteen investments to be funded from the £10m Innovation in Giving Fund. ...more
The Social Investment Business announces strategic partnership with Investing for Good

15 February 2012

The Social Investment Business has announced the appointment of Geoff Burnand as director of fund development and a strategic partnership with Investing for Good CIC. ...more
Video: Hub Venture Labs

13 February 2012

A self-proclaimed 'disruptor', Stephen Rockman is certainly ready to put his capital at risk, having adopted the Village Capital investment model, which allocates capital by peer review. Matt Black met with Stephen and the winners of the first round of investment, Lisa Warner and Fiona Marshall, to find out how the process went. ...more
Big brains on bubble bursting and revolution in social investment

30 January 2012

The average IQ of a small pocket of Southwark rose for an intense few hours as a formidable group of researchers, consultants, former investment bankers and social policy gurus discussed the nature of bubbles – and whether social investment was one that might burst ...more
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
£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
Big Issue Invest boosts innovative housing enterprise with £400,000

5 January 2012

UK social lender Big Issue Invest has pumped £400,000 into Suffolk-based Housing Action Limited, in a move that will bring empty homes into use while providing housing and support to vulnerable local people. ...more
UK ‘social stock exchange’ takes next step as Big Society fund shares out £3.1m from dormant bank accounts

28 December 2011

A UK-based ‘social stock exchange’ is one of four projects to share £3.1m from dormant bank accounts. ...more

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Charity Bank

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