This independent report has been commissioned by Co-operatives UK to build on debate and discuss the growing areas of co-operative solutions for renewable energy and household energy reduction.
The Practitioners’ Guide to Community Shares explains how to raise risk capital for ventures serving a community purpose.
Co-operatives UK is seeking comments and debate on a radical vision of how the co-operative sector can expand into the 21st Century.
The groundbreaking document, Co-operation in the age of Google, is open for comment by members of Co-operatives UK until 12 February 2011.
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.
This guide explains what community shares are, and will help inform your decision on whether you should invest in a community share offer. It focuses exclusively on organisations that are registered with the Financial Services Authority as co-operatives or community benefit societies, which are subject to different legislation from companies, and have their own unique form of shares.
The Co‑operative Business Development Panel, formerly known as The New Ventures Panel (NVP), is an initiative of Co‑operatives UK. It aims to promote and aid the development and growth of co‑operatives in new fields and in new areas of the economy, as well as new co‑operative solutions in more established areas of the economy.
Community investment is the practice of communities investing capital in business ventures serving a social or community purpose. This booklet - written by Jim Brown for Co-operatives UK - gives a brief overview of some of the issues involved.
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The Localism Bill, which has been making its way through Parliament since December last year, received Royal Assent on 15 November, to become the Localism Act. Co-operatives UK, the national trade body that campaigns for co-operation, is pleased that the legislation now exists to help ensure local people and community enterprises have a real opportunity to shape and influence their communities.
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