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Updated: Tue, 5 Jun 2018

Homeless Dubliners to give tours with a difference as tourism booms

The city's homeless will lead parties of tourists under a scheme which trains them as tour guides

Baristas behind bars: UK prisoners swap crime for coffee
Staffed by prisoners aged 18 to 21, the Redemption Roasters cafe inside Aylesbury prison trains inmates with speciality coffee skills in a bid to help them to find jobs upon release By Lin Taylor | Mon, 4 Mar 2019
The coffee farmers betting on blockchain to boost business
Technology is helping Ethiopian coffee farmers keep as much of the profit as possible at home By Thin Lei Win | Mon, 18 Feb 2019
No social skills required: autistic staff help IT firm thrive
More than one in 100 people worldwide are estimated to have autism. By Umberto Bacchi | Tue, 15 Jan 2019
Singapore hawker centres struggle with new business model
Not cheap or cheerful: Singapore hawker centres struggle with new business model By Rina Chandran | Tue, 15 Jan 2019
Britain's homeless crowdfund their way to work
Homelessness has been rising in England for nearly a decade, with over 82,000 families in temporary accommodation, including more than 123,000 children By Lin Taylor | Tue, 18 Dec 2018
'Resilient' refugees find freedom with Australian food business
Fair Food, which delivers around 1,000 organic fruit and vegetable boxes a week to customers around Melbourne, has workers from the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, Sri Lanka By Doug Hendrie | Thu, 11 Oct 2018
How to help end homelessness? Catch a train and order coffee
More than 33,000 working families in England do not have a stable place to live By Lin Taylor | Tue, 23 Oct 2018
Scottish global gathering for good sees bright future for business
"The key thing (that's changed) in the decade is the transformational views of, and engagement with, young people" By Lee Mannion | Tue, 11 Sep 2018
Fix a phone or 50 pushups: how to beat knife crime in Britain
Social enterprise aims to tackle a knife crime epidemic in London by teaching young offenders how to fix cracked smartphones By Lee Mannion | Thu, 16 Aug 2018
Cameroon gaming stars train new generation of business superheroes
Central Africa's first major video games studio, Kiro'o, trains young Cameroonians to navigate obstacles in real-life business By Inna Lazareva | Tue, 21 Aug 2018
British business helping women prisoners rebuild lives
Fewer than one in 10 women prisoners have a job to go to on release By Lee Mannion | Thu, 2 Aug 2018
The Spanish yoghurt farm that cultivates better mental health
La Fageda employs people with mental health conditions, like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, to help them find purpose in life By Sophie Davies | Thu, 26 Jul 2018
In job-short South Africa, 'dating service' gets youth into work
South Africa has huge youth unemployment - but a system to find and prepare jobs for those with few chances is having an impact By Laurie Goering | Tue, 17 Jul 2018
Libyan food delivery service looks to serve up gender equality
Just one in four Libyan women are employed By Lee Mannion | Wed, 11 Jul 2018
interview Give back to society or 'you're finished',recruiter warns business
"There is a need for a new model and that is social business." By Lee Mannion | Tue, 5 Jun 2018
interview Investing in hope-the US billionaire seeking to combat joblessness
"Millions of people sit on the sidelines not because they can't contribute or don't want to, but just because there is not a viable pathway into the workforce for them." By Lee Mannion | Mon, 28 May 2018
Brands flock to Spanish special needs designers
"They are working with students, other designers – very professional people – they're not people with Down syndrome just talking to other people with Down syndrome" By Sophie Davies | Thu, 10 May 2018
British firms boost spending on businesses doing good
Britain is seen as a global leader in the innovative social enterprise sector, with about 70,000 businesses that employ nearly 1 million people By Lee Mannion | Wed, 18 Apr 2018
Lost and found: new skills help UK young offenders tread straight
A UK social enterprise which helps young offenders turn their back on crime is hoping to expand to the Netherlands. By Lee Mannion | Thu, 15 Mar 2018
Southeast Asian social ventures lift poor out of poverty
"The poor do not have many options for work, but social enterprises are a great way to generate jobs and incomes, and benefit many more in the community" By Rina Chandran | Sun, 8 Apr 2018
The Australians washing their way to better mental health
Work gives people independence and financial security, provides a distraction from worries and interacting with colleagues boosts mental wellbeing and confidence By Sue White | Wed, 21 Feb 2018
U.S. experts invent formula that doubles refugees' job chances
Refugees arriving in the United States could double their chances of finding work with a mathematical formula that decides the best place for them to settle By Lee Mannion | Thu, 18 Jan 2018
How a cashless society is creating jobs for the homeless
Homelessness is on the rise in England, with at least 4,100 people sleeping rough on any given night in 2016 By Lee Mannion | Mon, 8 Jan 2018
East Africa's healthcare "Avon ladies" help to keep children alive
"It's a real African thing, people looking after their own neighbours - that's the juice that makes so much of this work" By Lee Mannion | Wed, 13 Dec 2017