Factors to consider when deciding to sell your business

Factors to consider when deciding to sell your business

After years of hard work, sacrifices, stress and worry you’ve managed to build a strong and profitable social business. And you now decide that the time is right to sell your business and move onto …[more]

Will social enterprises adapt or will their director’s change jobs?

Will social enterprises adapt or will their director’s change jobs?

Matt Black of Pioneers Post gave his answers to ‘Five tough questions for social enterprise in 2013‘ in January followed by David Floyd on his Beanbags and Bullshit blog. David asked whether some…[more]

Sweden social enterprise visit

Sweden social enterprise visit

Last month we organised a visit for 25 people from the north of Sweden (some who live within the Arctic circle) involved in social enterprise to learn about how we do things in the UK in particular ho…[more]

Welcome to the Profit Is Good Blog – a no holds barred commentary on the UK social enterprise space by editor Richard Patey

We are the most authoritative social enterprise blog in the UK and are always looking for guest contributors. If you would like to write for us just get in touch.


Factors to consider when deciding to sell your business

Factors to consider when deciding to sell your business

After years of hard work, sacrifices, stress and worry you’ve managed to build a strong and profit…[more]

Will social enterprises adapt or will their director’s change jobs?

Will social enterprises adapt or will their director’s change jobs?

Matt Black of Pioneers Post gave his answers to ‘Five tough questions for social enterprise in 201…[more]

Sweden social enterprise visit

Sweden social enterprise visit

Last month we organised a visit for 25 people from the north of Sweden (some who live within the Arc…[more]

Social Venture incubators, equity and exits

Social Venture incubators, equity and exits

Now really is an exciting time for social ventures. The decade long (2002-2012) social enterprise di…[more]

Nottingham Social Enterprise Hub adopts Social Enterprise Brand

Nottingham Social Enterprise Hub adopts Social Enterprise Brand

It’s great to see the Nottingham Social Enterprise Hub created by Graham Gardiner of AspirenÂ…[more]

TEDxCCN – Social enterprise & philanthropy

TEDxCCN – Social enterprise & philanthropy

It was great to be at the inaugural TEDxCCN talk for Norwich and for the theme to be about social en…[more]

Social enterprise mission achieved, hello better business

Social enterprise mission achieved, hello better business

With the launch of the new ‘Better Business‘ Guardian Professional Network discussing &#…[more]

What is a social enterprise?

What is a social enterprise?

So often in online discussions we hear the line ‘I don’t want to start / engage in the social en…[more]

Social Enterprise libel scandal

Social Enterprise libel scandal

Friday 10th February may mark the social enterprise movement’s first Watergate-style scandal w…[more]

Thoughts from SHINE 2011

Thoughts from SHINE 2011

SHINE 2011 at the Hub Westminster certainly proved itself to be ‘the UK’s leading unconventi…[more]

Guest post for Guardian Social Enterprise Network

Guest post for Guardian Social Enterprise Network

Our Director wrote an article for the Guardian Social Enterprise Network, published on Tuesday 6 Se…[more]

Collaborative Social Enterprise Brand

Collaborative Social Enterprise Brand

Inspired by the new COMMON community collaborative brand for rapidly prototyping social ventures, a…[more]

LIMtool – the quick and affordable way to measure and promote your impact

LIMtool – the quick and affordable way to measure and promote your impact

We at Profit Is Good believe that it is imperative for organisations in any sector to capture, under…[more]

Book Review – Do More Than Give

Book Review – Do More Than Give

Do More Than Give: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World by Leslie R. Crutchfield, John …[more]