John Oates Social Enterpises
John Oates of Benarty Regeneration Action Group (BRAG) gave us a fascinating insight into social enterprises in Scotland. John worked in the private sector with BP before joining Brag. He described himself as having a business brain and a social conscience and explained that a social enterprise is "a business with a heart". Social enterprises trade like any business. The difference is that their business activities usually have a social purpose and, importantly, they devote their profits to social or charitable purposes. There are over 62000 social enterprises in the UK with a combined turnover of
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