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Community shares practitioners meet-up
Content by Community Shares
On the 27th October, we hosted a Community Shares Practitioner Meet-up in the Scottish Highlands, a hotbed for community-led enterprise and innovative share offers focussed on sustainability, active…
4 months 2 weeks
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A landscape shot of a town
Content by Community Shares
Co-operatives UK is a Community Ownership Fund (COF) delivery partner and John Dawson, Head of Market Development in our Community Shares Unit, spoke to a community benefit society (CBS) about their…
10 months 3 weeks
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Anthony Collins Solicitors highlight a potential risk for co-operatives in managing money in the form of deposits – what to be mindful of and the potential legal implications.
1 year 4 months
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International Co-operative Working Group at Co-op Congress 2022
Today is July 2. It is the International Day of Co-operatives – the 100th one in fact. It is a day of celebration – to show people in the UK and across the world about the unique contribution of…
1 year 9 months
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More than £200m has been raised through community shares
Content by Community Shares
An update on all things Community Shares from John Dawson, Head of Market Development for the Community Shares Unit at Co-operatives UK.
1 year 10 months
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Whilst the initial post-Brexit period focused on the import and export of goods, questions are turning to the transfer of data and the impact of Brexit on information governance.
2 years 9 months
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Policy blog: Hitting the ground running
Across the UK politicians from a range of parties have just been elected with commitments to support co-ops and a more democratic economy. We are already reaching out to offer our help, so politicians…
2 years 10 months