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New legislative change: what it means for your co-operative

On Sunday 8 January a long awaited Legislative Reform Order comes into effect, which Co-operatives UK has been campaigning for since 2002. The legislative change – which... Read More »
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Trading for Mutual Benefit

A Guide to Co-operative Consortia Sole traders and other small businesses sometimes work together co-operatively to enhance their trade through joint activities such as... Read More »
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Community Shares: Practitioner's Guide to Governance and Offer Documents

This guide is aimed at business advisers and other professionals who provide support to community groups and organisations that are exploring the option of community investment.... Read More »
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Co-operative Business District

A guided journey to discover your own public service co-operative destination.The UK Government has said it wants to turn the delivery of public services on its head by scrapping... Read More »
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Introducing Makers' Co-operatives

A makers' co-operative is a business set up by artists or craftspeople with the objective of helping its members to promote and develop their own businesses. Download this... Read More »

Principle Six events
Advice and guides | Event resources
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Principle Six events were first developed by Sion Whellens of Calverts and Principle Six LLP. It is a methodology and meeting format for face-to-face, high energy, results-oriented business referral networking. Read More »

Practical tools for defining co-operative and mutual enterprise
Advice and guides | Think pieces
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This publication, which follows a draft released in 2011 for consultation, details how Co-operatives UK makes judgements on aspects of co-operative identity. Read More »

Co-operatives UK launches online support service for start-up co-operatives
Advice and guides | Press releases

With a surge of interest in co-operatives, the national trade association for co-operatives - Co-operatives UK - has launched a new online support service for start-up co-operatives. Read More »

The Little Book of Money
Advice and guides | Reports and white papers
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To coincide with Move Your Money month this March, Co-operatives UK is publishing a ‘Little Book of Money’ to help people move their money to more ethical banks. Read More »

Superscrimpers talk food co-operatives
Advice and guides | Blogs

Superscrimpers on Channel 4 featured a group of students learning that bulk buying through a food co-operatives saves money. Interest was so high that once the programme ended, the Co-operatives UK website was swamped with potential co-operators. Read More »

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The Little Book of Money

To coincide with Move Your Money month this March, Co-operatives UK is... Read More »
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Worker Co-operative Code of Governance

This Code brings together the fundamentals of worker co-operative governance... Read More »
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Co-operative renewable energy in the UK: a guide to this growing sector

Co-operatively-owned energy generation is a vibrant and growing sector in the... Read More »

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