Policy position on the Social Investment Tax Relief announcement
Following an announcement in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, Government has released details if the new Social Investment Tax Relief, due to come into force in April 2014. The measures will...
View ArticleTailored accountancy standards can help level the playing field for...
It may be intuitive to believe that a level playing field means co-operatives and plcs both using the same accountancy standards, but this is not necessarily true. Current international accountancy...
View ArticleCo-operative society legislation changes in 2014
Co-operative society legislation changes in 2014We have an important briefing note on recent and forthcoming changes to legislation affecting co-operative societies. These include an increase in...
View ArticleCo-operative Policy in 2014
On the policy front 2014 will be a momentous year for co-operatives in the UK. It will also be one full of opportunity and risk in roughly equal measure; and I have no doubt a few black swans are...
View ArticleWelsh Co-operative and Mutual Commission report is a call to action, but not...
The Welsh Government’s announcement in 2012 of a commission for growing the co-operative and mutual economy was something of a breakthrough. It is hard to think of any time in the post-war period when...
View ArticleMember consultation on ICA draft Guidance Notes for Principles
The International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) are currently consulting on draft Guidance Notes to accompany Principles set out in the Statement of Co-operative Identity. Co-operatives UK will respond,...
View ArticleA freer, modernised and more enabling legal framework for co-operatives - a...
A fivefold increase in the investment limit, the chance of rescue when insolvent, modernisation that helps to put co-operatives on a level footing with companies… not bad for a Monday morning!We’ve...
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I vote for a social economy
In the run up to the local elections on May 22 the Social Economy Alliance is running the ‘I vote for a social economy’ campaign, aimed at making local candidates aware of the growing importance of...
View ArticlePreventing want: supporting mutuality as part of a progressive fiscal...
There are millions of people in our society in need of help, and we have a duty to provide it. But we must never forget that self-help is essential in the effective long term prevention of want....
View ArticleHow can government support people to pool their resources?
At their heart co-ops are about people pooling resources to meet their own needs.In economic terms this drives collaborative entrepreneurialism, rewires markets, and recasts the relationships between...
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