Roger Spear, CRU, Open University, UK

Roger Spear, CRU, OPEN UNIVERSITY, UK says that the British government’s bias towards small and medium size social enterprise could miss opportunities for a broader based reform of public service delivery.

"There is a strong orientation in UK policy support for social enterprise towards the community level. This raises questions about the place of larger co-operatives and larger voluntary organisations that are carrying out social enterprise activities through public service contracts."

Read Roger Spear's Full paper - Perspective on UK Social Enterprise (PDF 25KB)