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Social Enterprise UK liaises with similar groups in each region of England, as well as in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It is a membership organisation. In 2011, more than seven thousand social enterprises were members of Social Enterprise UK. Social enterprises sometimes deliver public services. [3]
After extensive privatisation of the public sector during the Margaret Thatcher administration, there remain few statutory corporations in the UK. Privatisation began in the late 1970s, and notable privatisations include the Central Electricity Generating Board, British Rail, and more recently Royal Mail.
The first social enterprise agency in the UK, Social Enterprise London was established in 1998 [1] after collaboration between co-operative businesses (Poptel, Computercraft Ltd, Calverts Press, Artzone), a number of co-operative development agencies (CDAs), and infrastructure bodies supporting co-operative enterprise development (Co-operative Training London, Co-operative Party, London ICOM ...
31.50% of the oil producer OMV: an integrated international oil and gas company; 28.42% of Telekom Austria: fixed line, mobile, data, and Internet communications services; 52.85% of Austrian Post: postal service; 100% of ÖIAG-Bergbauholding; 100% of Finanzmarkt Beteiligungs AG (FIMBAG) Oesterreichische Nationalbank (central bank of Austria)
This category is for "Companies Act companies", which are companies that are created under the 1985 or 2006 Companies Acts, and registered with Companies House as normal, but are fully or partly-owned by the UK Government. Other types of company should go into the relevant sub-category. Companies portal
This is an annotated list of social enterprises sufficiently notable to have a Wikipedia article, in alphabetical order. For quick navigation, click on one of the letters: For quick navigation, click on one of the letters:
The community interest company emerged from many sources, often citing the absence in the UK of a company form for not-for-profit social enterprises similar to those in other countries. A first significant proposal for a new company form in the UK was advanced in 2001 in "The case for the Public Interest Company", [ 5 ] by Paul Corrigan, Jane ...
Public enterprises, or state-owned enterprises, are self-financing commercial enterprises that are under public ownership which provide various private goods and services for sale and usually operate on a commercial basis. Organizations that are not part of the public sector are either part of the private sector or voluntary sector.