Funding story: Social enterprises
26 September 2007
Social enterprises are trendy. So why are so few third sector organisations applying for grants to start them up?
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SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: INSIGHT
Insight: The agony and ecstasy of social enterprise's boom
20 February 2007
When the Aspire Group catalogue company went bust in 2004, the negative headlines demonstrated that social enterprises are more open to criticism than traditional companies when things go wrong.
Insight: Co-operatives: The pioneers live on
5 July 2006
The alternative to both the state and the market created by a group of 19th-century Rochdale mill workers is currently very much in vogue. Mathew Little reports on the renaissance of the co-operative movement.
Insight: Practising what you preach
2 March 2005
The social enterprise sector has blossomed so much over the past decade that charities no longer need to compromise their values by using unethical suppliers, writes Annie Kelly
Insight: Charities get the ethical investment bug
14 May 2003
Ethical investment by charities in social enterprises is on the rise, writes Mathew Little
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