Choosing a legal form is an important part of establishing a social enterprise. As the framework for your business, it is important to develop a form that makes it as easy as possible for your social enterprise to be successful.

Now in its second edition, Keeping it Legal is co-authored by Bates, Wells and Braithwaite and takes you through the main issues you need to consider when setting the rules and regulations that govern your business. Written for readers with little prior knowledge of legal forms, it will help you think about the major questions you need to ask when developing the organisation, and gives information on all the legal forms available to social enterprises. Case studies provide practical, easy to understand illustrations of a wide variety of examples.

• Written for readers with little or no prior knowledge of legal forms
• Covers the entire breadth of the social enterprise sector
• Gives information on all legal forms
• Updated to include information on the Community Interest Company
• Case studies provide practical, easy to understand illustrations
  

To order your copy of Keeping it Legal please email publications@socialenterprise.org.uk, or call 020 7793 2323.

Use the links on the right hand side of the page to read the full case studies of the social enterprises interviewed in the production of the book, and find details about those legal firms who offer advice to social enterprises.

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