The latest State of Social Enterprise report written by Social Enterprise UK (SEUK), and supported by Santander shows how social entreprises are outperforming their counterparts in tackling social, economic, and environmental crisis.
The report, titled "Capitalism in Crisis? Transforming our economy for people and planet," reveals that 52% of UK social enterprises reported a growth in turnover in the past 12 months, compared with just over a third of mainstream businesses in the past year.
But to be effective at combating issues, social enterprises need to find a good staff. Recruiting staff has become a more significant challenge, according to the SEUK report.
The report's authors pointed out this is due to lack of awareness, and recommend cooperating with schools and colleges to tackle this and working harder to advertise careers in the sector.
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Ganesh Natarajan is the Founder and Chairman of 5FWorld, a new platform for funding and developing start-ups, social enterprises and the skills eco-system in India. In the past two decades, he has built two of India’s high-growth software services companies – Aptech and Zensar – almost from scratch to global success.