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Becky John of whomadeyourpants

whomadeyourpants?

whomadeyourpants? is a worker co-operative specifically formed to empower marginalised women by providing flexible employment, education and a social and community space. This co-... Read More »
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Co-operative Web

With 21 members, Co-operative Web is a worker co-operative of software developers based in Longbridge, on the outskirts of Birmingham. Set up in August 2006 by Ed Russell, Sam... Read More »
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Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative

Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative is Scotland's longest established worker co-operative. The business is owned, run and for the benefit of the employees. Once a member of staff... Read More »
Cover of Global Business Ownership 2012

Global Business Ownership 2012

This is the first statistical analysis to compare co-operative and conventional business ownership worldwide. The report analyses the number of people who have an ownership stake... Read More »
Cover of Co-operative renewable energy in the UK: a guide to this growing sector

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 UK. The first co‑operatively-owned wind turbines, Baywind in Cumbria, started turning in 1997.... Read More »

Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative
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Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative is Scotland's longest established worker co-operative. The business is owned, run and for the benefit of the employees. Find out more here. Read More »

Global Business Ownership 2012
Case studies | Reports and white papers | Think pieces
Cover of Global Business Ownership 2012

This report analyses the number of people who have an ownership stake of co-operative enterprise. Read More »

Co-operative renewable energy in the UK: a guide to this growing sector

Advice and guides | Case studies | Reports and white papers
Cover of 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 UK. Since 1997 over 7,000 individual investors have ploughed over £16 million into community-owned wind turbines. This report summarises insights gained from visits to five co-operatively owned energy projects during the summer of 2011. Read More »

Embedding a Co-operative culture - slides
Video | Slides | Case studies | Event resources

Mari Frost, Personnel Services Group General Manager at Midcounties Co-operative, talked about embedding a Co-operative culture to support the delivery of business strategy. These are the slides she talked to. Read More »

Busy Bee Toyshop Co-operative
Case studies

This community co-operative, located in South Manchester, is the first co-operative toyshop in the UK. It was set up in 2009 and, two years later, it can be proud of its achievements: it is still running, despite the tough economic context, and it is improving its services -it has just started its online shop.     Read More »

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Cover of Co-operative renewable energy in the UK: a guide to this growing sector
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 »
Becky John of whomadeyourpants
whomadeyourpants?

whomadeyourpants? is a worker co-operative specifically formed to empower... Read More »
Cover of Global Business Ownership 2012
Global Business Ownership 2012

This is the first statistical analysis to compare co-operative and conventional... Read More »

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