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Pauline Graham Social Firms Scotland Margaret McCarthy Unity Enterprise. Social Enterprise in Scotland - Inspirations and Opportunities. Belfast - May 2012. Community Benefit clauses need not cost more and they require contractors working on public sector projects to put something
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Pauline GrahamSocial Firms ScotlandMargaret McCarthyUnity Enterprise
Social Enterprise in Scotland- Inspirations and Opportunities Belfast - May 2012
Community Benefit clauses need not cost more and they require contractors working on public sector projects to put something back into the community. The first question that we should ask when developing any Contract specification should be: ‘Can we include a Community Benefit clause?’" John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth,19th March 2010 “In these challenging economic times it is especially important that we get the maximum possible benefit for our communities from public spending.
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