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Your money or your life - the story of the first crowd funded bookPosted by Linzi Nedoszytko on Monday, 14 May 2012 In this guest blog on co-operation and innovation, Martin Simon, the founder of timebanking in the UK, explains how he ended up writing and publishing the first book to be crowd funded in the country. Read More » |
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12 @12 Storify with Dave BoylePosted by Linzi Nedoszytko on Wednesday, 9 May 2012 Why should people trust media co-operatives, and why should people care about co-operative businesses during the UN 2012 International Year of Co-operatives? Find out, with the first ever 12 @12 interview. Read More » |
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12 @ 12Posted by Linzi Nedoszytko on Wednesday, 9 May 2012 '12 @12' is a brand new way of doing things from the @CooperativesUK Twitter account. 12 questions. 12 minutes. 140 characters. Read More » |
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A future for local mediaPosted by Ed Mayo on Tuesday, 8 May 2012 Formed in 1972, the West Highland Free Paper serves the UK’s most isolated communities across an area of 250,000 square miles. Read More » |
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Hot desk at Holyoake HousePosted by Linzi Nedoszytko on Tuesday, 1 May 2012 Are you looking for an office space in the centre of Manchester, which offers flexibility as well as being cost effective? Read More » |
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Twenty years of being goodPosted by Ed Mayo on Tuesday, 1 May 2012 Twenty years ago, today, the Co-operative Bank launched its ethical policy. It proved to be a pioneer of the ethical consumer movement, a commercial success over time and caught the imagination of the world. Read More » |
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What is good for workers is good for the UKPosted by giles.simon on Monday, 30 April 2012 The first of May is known around the world as International Workers’ Day. Our figures show that the lack of engagement amongst the UK workforce cost British business a staggering £93 million a day. Read More » |
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Do you bulk buy baked beans?Posted by Linzi Nedoszytko on Monday, 30 April 2012 Have you been collective buying groceries with members of your community to help save money? Or have you been recycling your neighbour’s unwanted garden waste; creating compost to deliver social benefits? Read More » |
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Finest ethics…and onion chutneyPosted by Ed Mayo on Sunday, 29 April 2012 Don’t stock goods from the illegal settlements in the occupied territories – that is the move by the Co-operative Group, building on its current policy. Read More » |
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A pub with no beerPosted by linda.banks on Friday, 27 April 2012 Linda Barlow provides a round up of the discussion from the Guardian's Live Q & A Session, How to turn your local pub into a co-operative, Thursday, 26th April Read More » |
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