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Social Enterprise

Viewpoint:

Don't miss the bus

Social enterprises will have to innovate if they are to avoid being overtaken by the private sector, argues social activist and author Robert Ashton

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Case study:

From business to social enterprise - with a little help from a housing association

Thorpete started life as a small, family-run business offering gas maintenance services to local communities in the East Midlands. Founded by Pete Thorp, a former British Gas engineer who was made redundant in the mid 1990s, the company was never conceived as a social enterprise.

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Insight:

Social enterprises

Social enterprises are trendy. So why are so few third sector organisations applying for grants to start them up?

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How to...:

Raise capital for a start-up social enterprise

Some tips on how to match high ideals with high finance.

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