community

Peter Couchman, Chief Executive of the Plunkett Foundation, talks to the National Retail Consumer Conference 2012 about the community shop revolution.

From Conflict to Co-operation is a series of five cartoon booklets from Co-operatives UK which aims to help enterprises not only deal with conflict when it arises but also avoid unnecessary conflict.

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.

This report is an overview of the typical governance problems of community food enterprises together with strategies to avoid them and deal with them as they arise.

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.