Fightback Britain
Fightback Britain, a report based on the largest analysis of the social enterprise sector in the UK, and released on 4 August 2011, has shown that 39% of all social enterprises are based and working in the most deprived communities in the UK, compared to 13% of all SMEs. A third of all social enterprise start-ups have originated in the UK's poorest areas.
Across Britain, 1 in 7 of all social enterprises is a start-up, more than three times the proportion of start-ups in mainstream small businesses (14% compared to 4%).
Social enterprises are twice as likely as mainstream businesses to have reported growth in the last year and are also more likely to be led by women, young people, and those from minority ethnic groups.
The full press release is available here.
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View the telephone survey questions.
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Fightback Britain: A report on the State of Social Enterprise was commissioned by Social Enterprise UK (operating under its previous name of the Social Enterprise Coalition). BMG Research was contracted to carry out the survey fieldwork and the final report was supported by Co-operatives UK.