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Time to get serious: International lessons for developing public service mutuals

In the context of the UK Coalition Government’s policies to promote public service mutuals, Time to get serious: international lessons for developing public service mutuals... Read More »
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Age Limits in Industrial and Provident Socities

The imminent implementation of the Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2010, which is expected to become law in 2012, will have the... Read More »
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The great sharing economy

A report into sharing across the UK, by Rachel Griffiths. The gap between rich and poor in the UK is at the highest since records began. Inequality is rife with 50% of the nation... Read More »
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Regeneration through co-operation

Bottom-up and community-led activities which so often bubble along under the radar are receiving new public recognition. In Regeneration through co-operation, three ippr... Read More »
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The Formula for Co-operation

Co-operation is back in vogue. The principles developed by the Rochdale Pioneers in the UK over 166 years ago, are now the foundation for a global economy supporting half of the... Read More »

Good News: A co-operative solution to the media crisis
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Dave Boyle argues that the crisis in the media is a moment of opportunity to bring co-operative structures and business models to the sector. 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-op Capitalism
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Cover of Co-operative Capitalism

Professor Noreena Hertz explains why the Gucci Capitalism based on self-interest and profit maximisation looks set to be replaced by an open source Co-op Capitalism. Read More »

Global Business Ownership 2012
Case studies | Reports and white papers | Think pieces
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This report analyses the number of people who have an ownership stake of co-operative enterprise. Read More »

A woman's place in the co-operative movement?
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This paper is based on interviews we conducted in May 2011 with sixteen women involved in the co-operative movement, commissioned by Co-operatives UK as part of the Co-operative Women’s 2020 Challenge. Read More »

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Co-op Capitalism

In Co-op Capitalism Professor Noreena Hertz, one of the most influential... Read More »
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Co-operative rail: a radical solution

Trains are more widely used than ever, but, two decades after the privatisation... Read More »
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Good News: A co-operative solution to the media crisis

In this new edition to the "Fresh Ideas" series, Dave Boyle argues... Read More »

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