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Global business giant Deloitte demands boost in support for UK social businesses

Deloitte has called for significant support from mainstream British business and government to help UK social enterprises fulfil their growth potential. ...more

Fix ‘Big Society gap’ warns first audit

Does Big Society have teeth? Government must work with social sector to fix the policy gap, says new report ...more

UK Cabinet Office launches 'first central government mutual’

Minister says 'the world is watching' as UK government sets up radical 'mutual joint venture' to run Civil Service pensions ...more

Over £1m a year to mobilise UK’s social entrepreneurs

Video interview: the School for Social Entrepreneurs is mobilising an army of entrepreneurs across the UK, thanks to £1m a year from Lloyds Banking Group. We speak to Lloyds' Paul Turner...

Treasury’s ‘philanthropygate’ mess now hits social investment

A chorus of bafflement and disbelief came from charity and social enterprise leaders – and a prominent Tory MP – today as the Treasury confirmed it would be applying a damaging cap to tax...

Remploy workers demonstrate in London and Sheffield in fight to save their jobs

Hundreds of disabled workers will demonstrate tomorrow (Friday, 20 April) outside Parliament and the Department for Work and Pensions offices in London and Sheffield. ...more

Bulky Bob's achieves a million items recycled for people of Liverpool

One of the UK’s flagship social enterprises has recycled its millionth item of bulky household waste. ...more

World’s first social investment bank launches at London Stock Exchange

Venture capital pioneer Sir Ronald Cohen today called for a £1bn government funding pool and tax incentives for social investment – as he addressed the Prime Minister, the chair of the...

Ushahidi - connecting information across the world

Ushahidi has helped to connect people from across the world and reported on conflicts, earthquakes...

Wake up and start co-creating - Birgitta Jónsdóttir at FutureEverything

Birgitta Jónsdóttir praised co-operatives in a speech about direct democracy at the...

The Week in Review: Fairtrade, Ireland and #LittleClayMen

Co-ops around the world joined together to support World Fairtrade Day on Saturday 12 May, Ireland...

Manufacturing hopes rest on union-supported co-operative ventures

Australian unions have endorsed the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) support for...

NCDC (Amendment) Bill 2012 tabled in Parliament

The UPA government has introduced a proposal for a new law in the Lower House of Parliament aimed...

Weaver Cooperatives a relieved lot in Maharashtra

The Maharashtra government has announced a waiver of loans given to weavers and hand loom workers...

Mass participation brings new life to start-ups

The theme of the FutureEverything festival, which is being held in Manchester this week, is...

Olympic Torch set for co-operative journey through UK

Four staff from Midcounties Co-operative have been chosen to carry the Olympic Flame as part of the...