UK social enterprises are outperforming mainstream businesses on a number of accounts including start-up rates, job creation and in the promotion of diversity in the workforce, finds a new report by Social Enterprise UK (SEUK). The State of Social Enterprise Survey 2015, which was launched yesterday at The RSA in London, reveals that 49% of all UK social enterprises are five years old or less and that 35% are three years old or less –…
Social enterprise start-up rates boom in the UK
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