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Start a worker co-op
Worker co-operatives are trading enterprises, owned and run by the people who work in them, who have an equal say in what the business does, and an equitable share in the wealth created from the products and services they provide. If you'd like to find out how to start a worker co-op or convert an existing business to worker ownership, visit our co-op support programme, The Hive.
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Start a new co-op
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This section takes you through the start-up process for setting up a co-op.
Keep track of where you're up to, and look out for sign-posts if you need more support along the way. Finally make sure you use our quick and easy to use registration form…
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Support for start‑up co‑op businesses
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The Hive offers up to 10 days bespoke business support, mentoring and training for start‑up co‑ops.
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Worker co-op code
The Worker Co-op Code sets out anyone should expect and work together to achieve, as a member of a worker co-operative.
Ownership Hub
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The Ownership Hub is a joint project between Co-operatives UK and the Employee Ownership Association and supports the #1MillionOwners campaign.
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#1MillionOwners
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Join our campaign and pledge your support to create one million employee and worker owners in the UK by 2030.
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Ownership Hub prospectus
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The Ownership Hub raises awareness of the benefits of employee and worker ownership at a national level.
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Case studies
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Innovators making changes that matter: Animorph Co‑operative
Content by The Hive
The ingenious team at Animorph Co‑operative produce augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) solutions that create a positive social impact.
6 months ago
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Co-operative architects putting equality into action: McCaren Design
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After operating as a limited company for nearly two decades, Plymouth based architecture firm McCaren Design became an employee ownership trust on 1 June 2020.
6 months ago
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Serving up help, hope and hearty meals: Warehouse Café
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Creating delicious vegan dishes, the Warehouse Café is a worker co-op situated in the Friends of the Earth Building in Birmingham. The café has been in existence for 35 years. And in early 2019, the…
7 months ago
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Flat pay and an equal say: Greencity Wholefoods
It’s 1978 and Glasgow’s Greencity Wholefoods co-operative is formed – born from the local activist movement with moral, ethical and environmental values at its heart.
8 months ago
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Why worker ownership works: Leeds Bread Co‑op
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Using organic, locally sourced ingredients, Leeds Bread Co-op supplies local restaurants and other businesses – as well as delivering to a growing number of individual subscribers. An artisan bakery…
4 years ago
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Ownership Hub prospectus
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