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More to co-operatives than shops, West Midlands businesses discover
A wide range of West Midlands professionals gathered in Birmingham on Friday (March 23) to network, do business, and find out more about the co-operative enterprise model. The meeting was held at the lavish banqueting suite of Birmingham Council House, … Continue reading
Fairtrade means getting more than peanuts for your peanuts
Peanut farmer Rosemary Kadzitche of the Mchinji Area Smallholder Farmers’ Association The real difference that a Fairtrade economy makes to the world’s poorest people was expressed by some of the beneficiaries of the movement at a conference in London this … Continue reading
JooMo formulates a solution to youth unemployment
Young people facing an uncertain future in a challenging job market are being given the opportunity to become owners and shareholders in a new skin care business. JooMo is the first 100 percent truly natural face wash – considered the … Continue reading
West Midlands businesses to network at co-operative lunch
A wide range of West Midlands business people, interested in finding out more about the co-operative enterprise model, are being invited to a networking lunch at the attractive banqueting suite of Birmingham Council House on Friday, March 23. High profile … Continue reading
Riots survey and inquiry promise young people a voice
Young people in Birmingham are being given the opportunity to air their views about the riots which rocked the city six months ago. The opinions of around 200 young people will be gathered via questionnaires as part of a Prince’s … Continue reading
Co-operating is the key to growing the co-op economy
Co-operatives doing business with other co-operatives is one of three key ways in which the sector’s contribution to the economy can be ambitiously and dramatically increased, a conference in Wiltshire heard this week. At the annual Future Co-operatives conference on … Continue reading
Co-op activists to launch ambitious growth campaign
Co-operative activists will be launching an ambitious challenge when they meet for their annual conference in Wroughton, near Swindon, this weekend. The Future Co-operatives conference will be looking at ways of growing the co-operative economy from two to 20 percent … Continue reading
Co-operative Futures welcomes Co-operatives Bill
Prime minister David Cameron today (Thursday) announced a new Co-operatives Bill, which will make it easier for people to set up and manage co-operative businesses. The announcement was welcomed by Co-operative Futures, the Gloucester-based business development consultancy which helps people … Continue reading
Electric Swing Circus plug in to co-operation
A Birmingham band who fuse 1920s and 30s jazz with modern dance beats, circus skills and burlesque dancing are getting toes tapping across the UK – just six months after their launch. Bypassing the traditional trudge around small venues, Electric … Continue reading
SOUNDkitchen serve up a taste of co-operation
A group of composers and performers who hear music in everyday sounds have formed a co-operative to expose their art to a wider audience. Birmingham-based SOUNDkitchen make and perform experimental electroacoustic music created from the sounds of the world around … Continue reading