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Matched equity investments can help communities access a recently re-opened government fund, so there’s a strong case to inject further money into boosting community share offers like we do with the…

An update on all things Community Shares from John Dawson, Head of Market Development for the Community Shares Unit at Co-operatives UK.

An update from Emma Bagshaw, Consultant Senior Solicitor at Seabury Legal Ltd, on further changes to the process employers must take to ensure their employees have the right to work in the UK.

On 1 April 2022 the government's Covid-19 guidance was updated. But what does this mean for employers? Our expert HR advice team have analysed the new guidance and share their thoughts.

The Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act provides the Insolvency Service with new powers to investigate directors of dissolved companies. But what does this…

Isla McCulloch introduces AirRegister, a tool that can help co‑operatives and community benefit societies record the number and value of the shares held by each member – a requirement for all…

Whilst wanting to observe the values of openness and honesty, co-operatives should be mindful of airing too much in public when it comes to internal disputes – according to this blog from Anthony…

The war in Ukraine has led many organisations to assess their business activities in Russia. This blog outlines the broader issue for co-ops – what to do when continuing a business relationship feels…

A number of changes have been implemented in England concerning the requirement to isolate under the pandemic. Changes are afoot in Scotland and Wales.

As Co-operatives UK launches it's new three-year strategy and new look branding, CEO Rose Marley explains the thinking behind this approach.

A growing number of businesses in the UK are going bust. Two years of lost income, uncertainty, stress, ballooning debt and now rising costs, may be taking their toll.

When Michael Gove stood at the dispatch box and said government’s flagship Levelling Up White Paper was a strategy “to shift wealth and power decisively towards working people” I had to stop and…

Rose Marley summarises and reflects on what we have achieved together as a UK co-operative movement in 2021, her first year as CEO

Anthony Collins Solicitors outline what blockchain is, and how and why co-operatives might start to incorporate blockchain into their governance and operations.

This blog from our Co-operative Governance Advisor Linda Barlow explores the process when a co-operative needs to remove someone from its membership.