Setting up a social enterprise

A social enterprise is a business operated to benefit society. Learn about the benefits and rules involved in running a social enterprise.

If you want your business to be ethical, you need to make informed choices about everyone you work with - including financial providers. Our guide.

Funding can be hard to come by and competition is fierce - but by planning your approach you can maximise your chances of attracting finance.

Managing the finances of a community organisation is a big responsibility. Here's our guide to managing the red tape and regulations.

Guide for not-for-profit organisations who deliver important services to their local community and face unusual challenges, including finance.

Community organisations have many of the same legal responsibilities as businesses run for profit. How to stay on the right side of the law.

At first glance, Bookdonors, a Selkirk-based social enterprise, appears simply to sell books to raise money for good cause. But there's more to it.

Isle of Skye Ferry Community Interest Company was set up in Glenelg in Scotland in 2006 to run the Isle of Skye ferry for the good of the community.

Long neglected farm buildings in rural Worcestershire were renovated to provide a home for The Fold Bransford Community Interest Company.

How can would-be entrepreneurs turn their dream into a reality? In this case study Rosie Ginday of Miss Macaroon shares how she built her business.