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Doing business differently – free webinars to help start-ups get off the ground
Content by The Hive
A series of free webinars starts this month, introducing the co-op model to people looking for a more collaborative, democratic approach to running a business start‑up.
Content by The Hive
Support for your co‑op
As the network for the UK's thousands of co-operative businesses, we provide support in HR, culture, governance, finance, marketing, membership strategy and co-operative development. Browse our extensive library of online resources, blogs and…
Guide to co-ops
Read our handy guide, which explains in simple terms what a co‑op is (and why they're so great).
The Co-op Economy
The Co-op Economy is the nation’s only comprehensive report on the UK’s co‑operative sector. It reveals turnover, membership and employee figures for co‑op businesses across the UK.
Contact package
Our contact package provides access to the best support from leading advisers on co-op governance, finance, HR and membership
Co-operatives UK offers open surgeries with new CEO
Co-operatives UK’s newly appointed CEO, Rose Marley, is offering one to one surgeries to talk all things co-operative.
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Rochdale Pioneers Museum launches new virtual tour
To mark next month’s anniversary of the opening of Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society Store, the Co‑operative Heritage Trust is launching a new virtual tour of the museum.
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Doing business differently – free webinars to help start-ups get off the ground
Content by The Hive
A series of free webinars starts this month, introducing the co-op model to people looking for a more collaborative, democratic approach to running a business start‑up.
1 month ago
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UK co-ops call on government to demand more of business on climate action
The UK’s co-operative sector, which contributes £40 billion to the economy, today (25 October 2021) calls on the government to demand more from businesses to address the climate emergency, ahead of…
1 month ago
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Winners of the UnFound Accelerator £10,000 prize fund revealed
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£10,000 in prize money was shared between six teams who took part in the first UnFound Accelerator live pitch event last night (Wednesday 21 July).
4 months ago
How many co-ops are there?
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- The UK’s 7,237 independent co-ops employ 250,128 people
- Co-ops contribute £39.7 billion to the UK economy
- There are nearly 14 million memberships of co-ops. The members own and have a say in how the nation's co-ops operate
- Co-ops proved four times less likely to cease trading during 2020
- The UK co-op sector grew by £1.1 billion in 2020, despite the pandemic
Programmes to support your co-op
The Hive
Support for new co-ops, with advice, training and mentoring
Community Shares
For community owned organisations looking to raise funds through community shares
UnFound
For tech founders and start ups looking for a different way to run digital platforms
The Ownership Hub
Developing a fairer and more resilient regional economy by supporting more worker and employee ownership