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It’s co-operation stupid

Charles Leadbeater, argues that evidence now shows that it is our capacity for co-operation - not competition - that is at the heart of evolutionary and economic success.

Closed Loop or Wear Nothing (Video and Slides)

Watch Cyndi Rhoades talk to the National Retail Consumer Conference 2012 about Worn Again, upcycling and "closed loop" textile waste management.

What is a co-operative?

Co-operative businesses are owned and run by and for their members, whether they are customers, employees or residents. As well as giving members an equal say and share of the profits, co-operatives act together to build a better world.

Co-operatives are a flexible business model. They can be set up in different ways, using different legal structures, depending on what works for the members.

What is a co-operative?

Co-operative businesses are owned and run by and for their members, whether they are customers, employees or residents. As well as giving members an equal say and share of the profits, co-operatives act together to build a better world.

Campaigning for sustainable employment

Co-operatives UK is supporting the Campaign on Sustainable Employment, a Europe-wide campaign by the co-operative sector to promote businesses that generate long-term wealth for communities.

Booklet 4: Organisational Growth and Development

This booklet, the fourth in the From conflict to co-operation series, explores the tensions that can arise as an organisation grows, and identify the tools, techniques and approaches which will help you to move from an informal group to a mature organisation, where everyone is committed to the organisational goals and understands how the organisation functions and their role within it.

 

Booklet 1: Conflict - where it comes from and how to deal with it

This booklet reviews different conflict resolution approaches - and find that this assertive, co-operative approach is the most satisfactory way to deal with major conflicts, since it involves people working together to find a solution everyone will commit to.

 

Co-operatives UK responds to Postal Services Bill announcement

Ed Mayo, Secretary General of Co-operatives UK, has responded to today’s (13 October) announcement by the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, of the Postal Services Bill.

Why stop at Employee Ownership?

Co-operatives UK believes employees should have more than just 'some' control.

"Proposals for Blackwell bookshops and Vince Cable's ideas about Royal Mail becoming employee-owned are to be welcomed," said Ed Mayo. "But why stop at giving employees just some of the company to control?"

Co-operative call to action

Co-operatives provide a trusted alternative based on self-help and working together. The co-operative call to action sets out proposals from Co-operatives UK, in consultation with the wider co-operative sector, for a framework within which co-operatives can flourish.

 

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