Resources

The governance wheel depicts the key areas of governance that should be in place within a thriving co-operative business. 

Presented by BBC broadcaster Elizabeth Alker, More Than a Shop welcomes guests with something new and radical to say about the big issues of our day and doing business the right…

During the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve seen some inspirational stories of co‑operation. For Co-op Fortnight 2020, we collected just a few of those inspiring stories from co‑operatives…

Speaking up for our planet: turning talk into action explores climate change and climate justice. 

Co-ops across the world are based on shared values and principles. These colourful posters are a great reminder.

This More Than a Shop podcast explores the changing landscape of UK high streets.  

Food, glorious food is the focus of the sixth More Than a Shop podcast episode.   

The fifth episode in the More Than a Shop podcast series explores something we all, sadly, will inevitably face in our lives.  

This episode of podcast More Than a Shop explores the need for new conversations, support networks and funding focused on mental health across the UK.  

More Than a Shop presenter Elizabeth Alker chats to two people convinced that the UK economy would be transformed if more businesses were worker and employee owned.

Ch-ch-ch-changes: Disrupting the music industry explores some of the challenges facing musicians and ways to challenge the ‘norms’ that have emerged in recent years and decades…

Podcast series, More Than a Shop, debuts with an episode looking at the challenges facing the UK’s education system.   

This is the second edition, comprehensively revised, of a research study which has been widely recognised as the first comprehensive research study into how co-operative businesses…