Submitted by SarahA on 15 July, 2011 - 10:40
The most comprehensive suite of resources ever to be developed for community enterprises has been launched today by Co-operatives UK to give community enterprises access to top quality financial, legal and governance advice.
Submitted by SarahA on 27 January, 2011 - 13:31
Co-operatives UK has been invited to partner with the Co-operative Group on an exciting new initiative: The Co-operative Women’s 2020 Challenge, and we want your say!
Submitted by john.atherton on 3 February, 2012 - 14:23
I collated some info for the last worker co-operative council meeting (Co-operatives UK's representative body for worker co-ops). I thought you might be interested in some of the figures.
This does come with a warning however: These are my own own calculations and not that of our specialists. These may not be the same as our official figures in the more rigorous annual report on the co-operative economy and don't include large employee trust co-operatives like John Lewis (they just massively scew the figures by a few £bn).
Submitted by john.atherton on 1 February, 2012 - 13:56
I have just read an article in the Financial Times about the new "employee owned" privatisation of the civil servants pension fund. As an exponent of worker co-ops and employee ownership should I be happy?
Submitted by Linzi Nedoszytko on 1 February, 2012 - 10:55
Home grown banks around the world
Following the launch of the Move your Money campaign to encourage people to switch to an ethical bank, Ed Mayo of Co-operatives UK explains how co-operative and mutual banks, building societies and credit unions are making a difference from Canada to the Caribbean.
Submitted by Ed Mayo on 31 January, 2012 - 01:15
Hurrah!
The UK campaign to call for us all to ‘move your money’ to co-op and mutual banks launches today.
This is a campaign kick started by hope and passion and it will succeed if we can get the public and political debate off the oceans of rhetoric and onto the only language bankers understand – money.
Submitted by Ed Mayo on 30 January, 2012 - 10:15
The International Year of Cooperatives so far in numbers:
Pope praises co-ops 0 hours
Launch in a dozen nations 274 hours
UK signs up to Coops Act 442 hours
Bill Gates says coops a solution for inequality 609 hours
A good start!
Submitted by Ed Mayo on 29 January, 2012 - 16:30
I have started to tweet – facts, thoughts and dreams from the mayo zone
Find me, follow me here
Submitted by Ed Mayo on 27 January, 2012 - 16:27
Submitted by CoopBill on 26 January, 2012 - 17:08
It has been a week since Prime Minister, David Cameron made the historic announcement that the legislation relating to co-operatives will be consolidated into one Act. As we float down from cloud nine it is a good opportunity to reflect on what it may mean for co-operatives and the co-operative movement more generally.
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