The sanctimony of charity and its persistent failure to do good with our
money is matched only by two things, the lives of the people they
promised us they would improve and the inevitable truth that in the
hands of business, social impacts are more sustainable, measurable, and
much larger.
Charities expand by the amount of hope and faith they can convince
largely ignorant, if well-meaning, donors and philanthropists to finance
them with. Businesses expand through success. Success wins over hope.
Iqbal Wahhab OBE is a Bangladeshi-born British businessman. He is
the founder of Tandoori Magazine and the multi-award winning
restaurants The Cinnamon Club and Roast.