spin-outs

Inspired by the Conservatives' big society'' vision to create more locally designed and led services, it has committed to giving employees the right to take over and run their services as social enterprises and mutual spin-outs.

Party conference preview: social enterprise will take centre stage 2011

So what we suggest is that we in the social enterprise sector get better at articulating what we stand for, particularly when it comes to public sector spin-outs.

Trade unions and social enterprise: time to find common ground 2011

These universities also supported 67% of all graduate start-ups in 2007-08 and 24% of staff spin-outs, leading the way in entrepreneurship and enterprise.

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We have also seen consistent references by Francis Maude to the idea of partnerships between emerging spin-outs and the private or third sectors.

Take your partners for public services 2011

Supporters of spin-outs would argue, correctly, that new spin-out ventures which are employee-owned, locally focused and not just a branch or a project of a national organisation would be a better partner to a local authority.

Take your partners for public services 2011

Glaxo cited the patent box as a reason for its recent launch of a new £50m "venture capital fund" to invest in university spin-outs and early-stage healthcare firms, and to spend £500m on expanding manufacturing in the UK.

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Then, further assurance needs to be given around how pensions will work, how public bodies can avoid legal challenges if they create a spin-out and how the creation of spin-outs can be financed.

Who will join these social enterprise heroes? 2011

A trickle of spin-outs has not yet turned into a flood.

Who will join these social enterprise heroes? 2011

One leader, a former director of local authority adult services who does not wish to be named and who now leads a new social business, warns that spin-outs will struggle unless senior players are prepared to put themselves on the line.

Who will join these social enterprise heroes? 2011

Most spin-outs have been standalone entities, often set up using government grants and loans to get them going.

Take your partners for public services 2011