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Beyond the rhetoric for Scottish social enterprise

The social enterprise community will gather in Glasgow for the Social Enterprise Exchange on 21 March. The trade fair, networking and policy event, is an opportunity to showcase the best of Scottish social enterprise. Duncan Thorp tells us what themes are emerging.

Duncan Thorp