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    Seeing is believing

    1 September 2010
    by
    Chrisanthi Giotis

    Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation president Gary Hattem tells Chrisanthi Giotis why his bank is risking $1m pioneering a new type of investment fund to address blindness in the developing world ...more

  • Margaret Elliott

    Sunderland Home Care Associates

    25 August 2010
    by
    Caspar van Vark

    For care professionals, low pay and limited benefits are often a fact of working life. But Sunderland Home Care Associates (SHCA), founded in 1994, has changed this by offering its staff a share in the business. ...more

  • Torrs Hydro

    25 August 2010
    by
    Caspar van Vark

    The share issue raised more than £90,000, attracting 200 investors, many from the community ...more

  • Motiv

    Equity for equality in practice: Motiv

    18 August 2010

    One problem that community interest companies (CICs) face is getting significant investment as the asset lock and dividend cap (the legal regulations ensuring that the companies’ assets benefit the community) restrict the level of return to an investor. ...more

  • Ronald Cohen

    Venturing into social action

    18 August 2010

    Ronald Cohen, the father of venture capital in Europe, has turned his attention to social investment – and is currently focusing on a new fund to create substantial social enterprises. He talks to Ian Allsop about why the time for action is now ...more

  • Ugandan tea growers

    Sharing the potential for good

    10 August 2010
    by
    Caspar van Vark

    Giving the public a chance to buy shares in Cafédirect was not just about financing the company’s expansion. Caspar van Vark discovers how Penny Newman turned a share issue into a social investment opportunity – generating both financial and social capital ...more

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    Corporate relations: Internocracy and Legal & General

    22 July 2010

    Social entrepreneurs and corporate leaders tell us how they are hooking up to deliver better business ...more

  • Geoff Burnand
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    Deal Q&A: The merger of Charity Bank and Investing For Good

    22 July 2010
    by
    Chrisanthi Giotis

    Geoff Burnand, co-founder of Investing For Good (IFG) and the new chief investment officer of Charity Bank, describes why and how two big names in social finance decided that working together was a better idea ...more

  • Sophi Tranchell
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    Diary of an entrepreneur - July/Aug 10

    22 July 2010

    Your monthly business column from Sophi Tranchell MD of Divine Chocolate. This month: Sophi discovers that giving advice creates inspirational rewards ...more

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    Expert eye: planning for holidays

    22 July 2010

    Jan Golding, CEO of Roots HR CIC, says a well-understood annual leave policy is essential for a business to run smoothly ...more

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