The Guild : business support, consultancy, training and research for social enterprises

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Business Support

Our specialist social enterprise company registration service will assist you to choose the most appropriate legal structure for your organisation: Limited Company, Community Interest Company (CIC), Industrial and Provident Society (IPS), Cooperative or Charity.

Consultancy

Business planning, feasibility studies, research, evaluation and strategic development.

Training

Innovative training for social enterprises, voluntary and community groups and individuals.

Research

Policy development, stakeholder consultation, specialising in the social enterprise sector

Politics of Social Innovation-Mapping the extent and models of social enterprise in the National Offender Management Service

A report from Concilium CIC (August 2011) on research undertaken to evidence what and where social enterprise activity is taking place within the prison and probation service.

The long journey from theory to practice