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Community Shares Booster Fund re-launches
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 ago
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Updated: Right to Work Update – big changes from April
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.
1 year ago
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Living with Covid-19 - 1 April 2022 changes
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.
1 year ago
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Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 – what does it mean for co-operatives?
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…
1 year ago
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AirRegister – maintaining your society's membership register
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…
1 year ago
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How to talk about good governance decisions in public
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…
1 year ago
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When can you let go? Terminating a contract on ethical grounds
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…
1 year ago
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Working with Covid from 1 April 2022
A number of changes have been implemented in England concerning the requirement to isolate under the pandemic. Changes are afoot in Scotland and Wales.
1 year ago
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Empowering co-operation
As Co-operatives UK launches it's new three-year strategy and new look branding, CEO Rose Marley explains the thinking behind this approach.
1 year ago
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Co-op Policy Blog #26: Co-ops to the rescue?
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.
1 year ago
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Co-op Policy Blog #25: Levelling up the land
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…
1 year ago
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Our CEO reflects on 2021
Rose Marley summarises and reflects on what we have achieved together as a UK co-operative movement in 2021, her first year as CEO
1 year ago
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Blockchain – the catalyst for a cooperative economy?
Anthony Collins Solicitors outline what blockchain is, and how and why co-operatives might start to incorporate blockchain into their governance and operations.
1 year ago
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Parting ways – removing someone from a co-op's membership
This blog from our Co-operative Governance Advisor Linda Barlow explores the process when a co-operative needs to remove someone from its membership.
1 year ago
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Co-op Policy Blog #24: Budget implications for co-ops across the UK
The Chancellor’s Budget and Spending Review is not earth-shattering... or really Earth saving either.
1 year ago
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Right to work – an update for employers
Read this update from Emma Bagshaw, Consultant Senior Solicitor at Seabury Legal Ltd, about further changes to the process for employers to ensure that employees have the right to work in the UK.
1 year ago