“Genuinely uplifting” – The City AM Dragon Awards for Social Impact Opinion The rest of this week is going to be dominated by the Budget, so permit us a diversion today as this column focuses not on capital gains tax, investor sentiment or national insurance, but on the quiet, unassuming brilliance of so many people and so many businesses doing so many great things. In yesterday’s paper [...]
Social impact: from employee engagement to meaningful change Business Social impact is a subject close to City AM’s heart, and if the number of nominations we received for this year’s Dragon Awards for Social Impact is anything to go by, it’s something that’s taken seriously by an impressive number of businesses of all sizes. We’ve come a long way over the last 10 or 15 [...]
Social impact investors demonstrate ‘stability’ as market hits £10bn Investing Britain’s social impact investment market has “once again” grown, as investors show confidence within impactful investments, a new report has revealed. According to an annual assessment by one of the UK’s largest impact investors, Better Society Capital, the social impact investment market jumped seven per cent in 2023 to £10bn, up from £9.4bn in 2022. [...]