Student Union goes commercial

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The Student Union has a little brother. Last week the student-managers of the Union Shop (formerly Utake) and the Union council signed the statutes of the Student Union Enterprises B.V. 'The Union is a 'stichting' and therefore has to place commercial activities in a separate legal entity', explains Bj÷rn Prevaas. The Union Shop is the first activity to be placed in the B.V. 'But the day-café in t

The Student Union has a little brother. Last week the student-managers of the Union Shop (formerly Utake) and the Union council signed the statutes of the Student Union Enterprises B.V. 'The Union is a 'stichting' and therefore has to place commercial activities in a separate legal entity', explains Bj÷rn Prevaas. The Union Shop is the first activity to be placed in the B.V.

'But the day-café in the new Bastille will be placed within the B.V. in due course', he predicts. The only stock holder of the B.V. is the Student Union itself. External financial backers will be approached as soon as more money will be handled by the legal body.

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