Abstract
A private-sector business is one which is not owned by the Government. Apart from co-operatives, which are described in Section 4.8, there are four types of legal structure for privately-owned businesses:
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Sole Trader.
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Partnership.
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Private Limited Company (Ltd).
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Public Limited Company (PLC).
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© 1989 Gerry Gorman
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Gorman, G. (1989). Private-Sector Firms. In: Business Studies GCSE. Macmillan Work Out Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13832-6_4
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