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Social mobility vital, says Big Issue founder

IT’S fair to say that any feedback on John Bird’s speech to Voice10 would have been either along the lines of “brilliantly passionate, forthright and challenging” or “intimidating, aggressive and rude”.
February 27 2010

Plans for Co-operatives Fortnight under way

Plans are well under way to ensure the first-ever UK Co-operatives Fortnight from June 19th to July 3rd is a resounding success.
February 18 2010

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• Society gets social mark
• Co-ops can help transform public services – report
• Ownership is crucial to public services – Minister
• United Nations set to declare 2012 as Year of Co-operatives
• New Co-ops UK chief vows to take a listening role

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The future looks bright for social enterprises

THE winners of the 2009 Social Enterprise Awards were announced in London earlier this month.
January 01 2010

 

Local currency banks on community spirit

While many of us moan about the trend for national and multinational retailers and businesses to take over and clone our high streets or our town and city centres, few actually have the imagination or determination to do much about it.
October 26 2009

 

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• Train co-operative aims to connect communities through rail network
• UK helps African fishers on International Co-ops Day
• How oil supports Venezuela's co-op movement
• Ireland’s building societies are teetering on the brink
• Stilton co-op has matured with age

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Sounds very encouraging. Would have thought the Oxford and Aylesbury routes to Milton Keynes and . . .

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The problems encountered by ECT are well known to anyone working in the co-operative and social ente . . .

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