Tag Archives: Gloucestershire Community Energy Co-op

Doctor in the house? Not any more, as property goes on market for first time in nearly 200 years

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Peter Davison

Is there a doctor in the house? Not any more, there isn’t, but for two centuries four generations of doctors cared for the wellbeing of the people of Burford from Riverside House and its cottages. Now, for the first time … Continue reading →

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Event hears from company that shares its profits with customers

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Peter Davison

The CEO of a company that refunds its customers if it makes too much money addressed around 100 like-minded business owners in Birmingham last week. Ben Reid, chief executive of The Midcounties Co-operative, was the keynote speaker at a networking … Continue reading →

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Could Your Community Share?, seminar delegates asked

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Peter Davison

Village shop or pub at risk of closure? Want to establish an organic food or renewable energy business? Community shares could hold the answer to your finance issue. At a seminar about community shares in Gloucester last week, experts explained … Continue reading →

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Learn about community shares from record-breaking solar farm

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Peter Davison

The chance to learn from a director of the company behind the UK’s most successful community share issue is being offered to businesses and community enterprises. Last month, Westmill Solar Co-op Ltd, on the Wiltshire / Oxfordshire border, reached its … Continue reading →

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