Q&A: Social enterprises
Unlike even the most ethical of other start-ups, social enterprises have environmental or social values at the very core of everything they do.
HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES SUCCEED
Unlike even the most ethical of other start-ups, social enterprises have environmental or social values at the very core of everything they do.
The register of members of a single-member company must contain an express statement to the effect that the company has only one member.
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