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Social Investment Tax Relief consultation (2019) - our response
Related topic: Policy campaigns | Resource type: Policy briefingWe made a series of policy recommendations in our response to government's call for evidence on Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) in 2019.
Digital democracy? Options for the International Co‑operative Alliance to advance Platform Co-ops
Related topic: IT & Technology | Resource type: ReportContent by Unfound
This paper aims to locate platform co‑ops – or co‑operative platforms – within the co‑operative sector and the wider digital economy, and explore how the International Co‑operative…
Social Value in Government Procurement: Consultation response
Related topic: Policy campaigns | Resource type: Policy briefingOur response to UK government's consultation on how it should take account of social value in the award of central government contracts.
Shared Power, Shared Prosperity
Related topic: Policy campaigns | Resource type: Policy briefingWhy the design of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund must include a significant role for community economic development
Shared Space: How Scottish housing co-ops build communities
Related topic: Policy campaigns | Resource type: ReportHousing co-ops have so much to offer. They deliver affordable housing in a climate where both house prices and rents are rising. They help to control and build powerful…
Co-operative Business Survival
Related topic: Research | Resource type: ResearchWhy do co‑ops appear to be more resilient than other types of business?
Gender Pay Gap Report
Related topic: Research | Resource type: ResearchA report on the gender pay gap in the co-op sector in comparison with broader statistics.
The Ownership Agenda
Related topic: Research | Resource type: ResearchEd Mayo and Carina Millstone review data on different forms of ownership between 1985 and 2016.
What do we really know about worker co‑operatives?
Related topic: Research | Resource type: ResearchProfessor of Economics Virginie Pérotin looks at two decades’ worth of international data on worker owned co-operatives.
South of Scotland Enterprise Bill: Evidence to Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee
Related topic: Policy campaigns | Resource type: Policy briefingIn this submission we sought to influence the mission and governance of the new South of Scotland Enterprise Agency.
Creating reliefs for housing co-operatives
Related topic: Policy campaigns | Resource type: Policy briefingOur representation to government in 2018 sought to remove punitive taxes paid by a segment of housing co-operatives.
Community wealth building: the role of co-operatives
Related topic: Policy campaigns | Resource type: Policy briefingOur policy paper maps out how co-operatives could and should feature in Scotland's emerging community wealth building agenda.
Community Economic Development Lessons from two years’ action research
Related topic: Co-op development | Resource type: ReportThis report summarises the lessons learned from a two year nationwide action research programme of Community Economic Development (CED). It will be of practical interest to…
Brexit safeguards for co-operatives
Related topic: Policy campaigns | Resource type: Policy briefingThe short paper sets the necessary safeguards to protect co-operatives during the Brexit process.
The Big Co-op Census
Related topic: Research | Resource type: ResearchView the final report of the largest ever UK survey of co‑operatives.
Impact Report 2015: Peer Power – Energy Mentoring Programme
Related topic: Community shares | Resource type: ReportContent by Community Shares
This report, released in 2015, summarises the views of the groups involved in the Energy Mentoring Programme run by Co-operatives UK's Community Shares Unit. It and highlights the…