The Welsh Assembly government has announced it with give £1.3m to four organisations in Wales over the next three years to help help develop social economy.
Social enterprise ambassadors launch the More for your Money campaign at the Good Deals conference to demonstrate to procurers and the public that social business offers added value.
The Co-operative Group is believed to be nearing the end of talks with Somerfield that could see the UK's largest community food retailer taking over the privately owned supermarket chain.
Concerns are emerging about the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill, amid speculation about whether banks will release significant amounts of money in the current financial climate. Read on here. Stay updated by regularly visiting our news pages.
Phil Hope, minister for the third sector, announced a new project to set a standard for SROI at today's Good Deals conference
The on-again off-again relationship of the social enterprise sector with the Department of Communities and Local Government has suffered another blow.
Social Enterprise can reveal that a timeline is yet to be set for the creation of the social enterprise unit promised by Communities Secretary Hazel Blears in February. Read on here. Stay updated by regularly visiting our news pages.
Three intrepid social entrepreneurs will be pitching for more than £10m at the national social investment conference, Good Deals, on 6 May. Read on here. Social Enterprise will release a special news report after the conference - visit our news pages to stay updated.
In Social Enterprise magazine every month we provide a countdown of the most important stories that the sector needs to know. But news doesn't stop when the magazine goes to press so, on our website, we provide updates as they happen and longer versions of the stories highlighted in the magazine.
Community transport operators ECT and HCT securing an Olympic contract bodes well for other social enterprises interested in 2012, according to Allison Ogden-Newton, chief executive of Social Enterprise London (SEL).
The government's new discussion paper on rough sleeping looks set to embrace social enterprise.
The first i-genuis world summit for social entrepreneurs, held in Thailand in March, has been hailed as a success by many of the participants.
Social enterprises are set to tap into a renewable energy bonanza in Scotland, experts have said.
Highlands and Islands Community Energy Company (HICEC) says it is experiencing massive demand from the region's community groups. Read on here. Stay updated by regularly visiting our news pages.
A computer recycling social enterprise has claimed a surprise victory against aggressive online marketers, that were taking its business and giving it to corporates.
Music fans in Scotland are being given the chance to book their own gigs in an ambitious scheme launched by brewer Tennent's
Social enterprises are missing out on investment because the government does not reward investors for taking risks, according to Big Issue Invest CEO Nigel Kershaw.
A report into the collapse of £11m childcare charity, One Plus, has delivered damning criticism of its financial management, which will have far-reaching implications for the third sector
North Shropshire Community Transport is forced to close after the county council awards itself contracts
Allison Ogden-Newton, CEO of SEL, says she will be promoting social enterprise in her new role as vice chair of acevo.
Social enterprise MyBnk hopes to bring financial education to around 30 schools and colleges this year to help curb debt problems.
Consumer dependent social enterprises are already feeling the pinch of an economic downturn if The Economist is to be believed.
Essex-based arts charity, Theatre Resource, has received £1.4m from the Futurebuilders fund - the first investment since it was taken over by the Adventure Capital Fund on 1 April.
Ken Livingston and Boris Johnson have followed in the footsteps of their mayoral competitors by signing a charter to support social enterprise in London.
A new, straight-talking guide to social enterpreneurship was launched by Social Enterprise magazine columnist Craig Dearden-Phillips yesterday.
Individuals can now pledge that they want to make a social difference using an online tool set up by See Potential Ltd and its SEE Companies accreditation scheme.
A new online search engine with a social purpose, which gives 50 per cent of its advertising raised revenue to good causes, has been launched in the UK.
Record amounts of money are being invested in Scottish social enterprise and the third sector over the next three years, according to Scottish Parliament member Jim Mather at yesterday's S2S trade fair in Dundee.
Changes to funding allocation in Scotland are leading social enterprises into challenging, yet exciting times, according to Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition (SSEC) CEO Antonia Swinson at yesterday's S2S trade fair in Dundee.
Brian Paddick and Sian Berry pledge their support for Social Enterprise London's charter but Johnson and Livingstone still to sign up.
Serious doubts have emerged as to whether the 2012 Olympics are on course to deliver the regeneration benefits promised in the original bid.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced a UK government partnership with Bangladesh-based Grameen Group to provide microfinance expertise to Africa.
Winners of the 43rd Queen's Award for Enterprise are announced, many of which are social enterprises or social entrepreneurs.
Children as young as 11 have the chance to learn to play rock music and dance with social enterprise NE Music Factory, a CIC, and its RocksCool projects thanks to £28,000 funding.
Belfast-based Ulster Community Investment Trust (UCIT) is expanding its services with the £19.5m fund, which will aim to encourage new social enterprises.
Busines and individual winners of the Queen's Award for Enterprise will be announced on Monday.
A purpose-built shop and post office, owned by a group of residents in a Devon village, is unveiled.
A former school in Leeds is being transformed into a hub for entrepreneurs, including social entrepreneurs, in a £4.5m project.
Social enterprise Novas Scarman has been shortlisted for a North West Regional Construction Award
Privately-owned Somerfield supermarkets could be taken over by The Co-operative Group if talks this week are successful.
What looks set to be one of this year's most ambitious, unique and accessible gatherings for social entrepreneurs is off to a flying start - just don't call it a conference.
High Street coffee shop chain Costa Coffee has said it will have all its coffee certified to the Rainforest Alliance scheme by 2010. It believes the scheme is a 'better fit' for its operations than the Fairtrade Foundation's certification scheme.
E&HCT - a collaboration between Ealing and Hackney Community Transport - was today announced as the successors of the Olympic transport contract by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).
Baroness Jill Pitkeathly has been made chair of the Office of the Third Sector's new advisory body, Phil Hope announced today.
Social enterprise Community Links has added its voice to the growing chorus of discontent around the government's decision to scrap the ten per cent income tax bracket for the lowest paid.
The government has been accused of double standards that disadvantage the third sector after the last minute withdrawal of a £6.4m contract that had been offered to community organisations.
Nobel peace prize winner and the woman who brought the senseless destruction of land mines into the world consciousness Jody Williams challenged the social entrepreneurs at the Skoll World Forum saying that she was still ‘trying to understand' social enterprise and unconvinced that it could work.
New Futurebuilders CEO Jonathan Lewis has announced third sector applicants to the £215m investment fund will now receive an ‘indicative yes or definite no' within one week.
The people behind the idea of a UK social stock exchange have moved to clarify exactly what they are proposing after some misleading mainstream media reports.
Former US Vice-president, Nobel Peace Prize winner and international climate change campaigner Al Gore begged social entrepreneurs at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship not to view environmental objectives and social justice as two separate goals.
Acevo is increasing its offering of support and advice on commissioning, negotiation and partnership working, it has said.
Former US president Jimmy Carter called social enterprise ‘the hope of our future world' in an emotional address to the Skoll World Forum in Oxford on March 27.
Third Sector Minister Phil Hope showed some of his strongest support yet for a UK social stock exchange at the opening plenary of this year's Skoll World Forum.
A gift of a wood carving depicting a famous Oxford boat race marked the start of the Skoll World Forum.
Skoll World Forum - a summary of the highlights
Social Stock Exchange Ltd has secured funding to carry out research into whether a social exchange is wanted by companies and investors in the sector.
Investment experts Mark Campanale and Pradeep Jethi, who established the company at the end of last year, are to receive (US) $500,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation.
Conservative Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude visits CAN Mezzanine in London and says there's no massive difference between the way Tories and Labour treat social enterprise. He also revealed their working on a social enterprise green paper.
Scottish billionaire Sir Tom Hunter will be one of the speakers at the first national social investment conference, Good Deals, in May.
Social enterprises have three months to apply for grants from the next pay-out round of the Department of Health's £100m investment fund.
Advantage West Midlands is seeking eight third sector BME organisations that want to receive business support and training through a new £1m programme
Coin Street Community Builders' legal battle with English Heritage has raised questions about how much politicians should rely on the promises of social enterprises.
The Ethical Property Company's first European building, due to open in Brussels later this year, is already over-subscribed.
In Social Enterprise magazine every month we provide a countdown of the most important stories that the sector needs to know. But news doesn't stop when you go to press so, on our website, we provide updates as they happen and longer versions of the stories which were highlighted in the magazine.
Claudia Cahalane's second blog on the i-genius world summit, Thailand
The application deadline for the 2008 Bank of Scotland Corporate £35m Entrepreneur Challenge is Monday 19 May.
A full report of the Acevo social enterprise spring conference.
Solar technology manufacturer Sharp has urged social enterprises to get involved in the industry.
International pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk, is looking for more health-based social enterprises to partner with after the launch of its first such project.
Claudia Cahalane blogs about the first full day of the global social entrepreneurship summit
The government's new enterprise strategy, released on the same day as the budget, was billed as ‘unimpressive' by the Social Enterprise Coalition.
Thirty per cent of people would like to work for a social enterprise, but only once told what a social enterprise is, according to a recent YouGov poll.
Fifteen social enterprises and charities dedicated to preventing homelessness could win a share of £500,000 in the Spark challenge.
Dragons' Den millionaire Peter Jones sets up a National Enterprise Academy for budding entrepreneurs aged 16 and older.
Richard Gutch, CEO of Futurebuilders England Ltd, stands down at the end of March
East London could soon have its own ‘social enterprise hub', similar to The Hub in North London's Islington.
A networking site for social entrepreneurs was launched in London last night by social entrepreneur foundation UnLtd.
A five-year study commissioned by CAF has found that social enterprises need support in all areas to achieve their goals, not just financial help.
Scottish businesses are throwing their weight behind a campaign to boost trade with the country's social enterprises.
The leader of a £600,000 outdoor centre in the Scottish Highlands has called for social enterprises to capture the ‘ethical high-ground' in the tourism industry.
YoungVoice08 kicks off the Voice08 conference in Liverpool
An exclusive interview with Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus marks the relaunch of Social Enterprise magazine this month - with a new look, innovative content and a team of journalists passionate about telling stories of social change.
