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| | SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AS A STRATEGY FOR REDUCING THE SOCIAL COST OF RESTRUCTURING AND THE PRIVATIZATION PROCESS: ... |
 | | British Coal Enterprise (BCE) was launched in 1984 and, like British Steel (Industry), it concentrated on supporting the economic regeneration of areas which had been affected by closures, in the hope that new businesses, whether run by former coal employees or others, would provide employment opportunities for those made redundant. |
 | | BCE also managed funds from other sources, targeted on specific areas within the coalfields, and totalling £3 million. |
 | | BCE was comprised of three departments: outplacement, business funding, and managed workspace, and when in 1996 BCE was sold off by British Coal, although the managed workspace division was bought up by Birkby plc, the outplacement division, Grosvenor Career Services was sold to a management buy-out, as was the business investment division, renamed Coalfield Investments. |
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