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The notion of social enterprise has drifted far from its roots, says author and pioneer of the movement Freer Spreckley. How to return to core principles? By choosing democratic governance, even if it feels radical. Part two in our exclusive series.

Social enterprise has drifted too far from its roots, says Freer Spreckley. In our exclusive serialisation of his latest book, the social enterprise pioneer sets out six key principles that he believes should define social enterprise. First: common ownership.

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What role does ownership of assets play in the new economy – and is it even a useful concept anymore? Our columnist puts the question to two women challenging conventional thinking.

Employee ownership is a win-win for businesses and workers alike, so why hasn’t there been more uptake? The founder of Social Capital Partners in Canada, Bill Young, on the barriers – and possible solutions.

The new parliament has now offically been opened by The Queen in her speech to the House of Lords yesterday – but what do the next five years have in stall for public service spin outs?

Why is there such a big difference between what the public are seeing and what those sitting around the board table of businesses are seeing? Norman Pickavance gets to the heart of this debate at the launch of his new book.