social enterprise

Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the UK’s largest rental car company, has partnered with social enterprise Arrival Education in the a programme that will offer employees the opportunity to learn through mentoring young students.

Public organisations are beginning to warm to social business, but some major bridge building is needed to persuade the private sector to do the same, says Kevin Hayes, CEO of Enta, a social enterprise that has built a range of services across Birmingham over the past 35 years

Good Deals 2011, the UK's flagship social investment event, took place last month and was again attended by a capacity crowd and a stellar array of speakers. Top of the bill this year were Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus and social entrepreneur Julie Hanna, chair of Kiva. Watch the videos here.

The English government's flagship education policy is its new ‘Academy’ programme, through which more than 1,500 schools have cut the strings binding them to their former, local government masters. A wave of these are choosing a co-operative route. But the critics say this is a poor attempt to give credibility to a bad policy.