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#Coops #EmployeeOwnership #Charities #Mutuals #SocialEnterprise
Free signposting and governance advice for ethical business, social enterprise, charities, and campaigns. Find us also @inequalitynews.bsky.social
#Coops #EmployeeOwnership #Charities #Mutuals #SocialEnterprise
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📢 ONE WEEK TO GO before ID verification for directors becomes mandatory (from 18 November onwards) 🔽. This will affect campaign groups, charities, not-for-profits, and all third-sector organisations registered at Companies House. It's not just about the private sector! www.gov.uk/guidance/ver...
Verifying your identity for Companies House
You need to prove who you are to set up, run, own or control a company in the UK.
www.gov.uk
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Director and PSC ID verification starts from today 🔽. This will affect all organisations in the third sector that are registered at Companies House. More details below...
Director and PSC ID verification starts from today 🔽. This will affect all organisations in the third sector that are registered at Companies House. More details below...
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Totally agree. Social democracy requires economic democracy, otherwise it's only half a theory.
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Totally agree. Social democracy requires economic democracy, otherwise it's only half a theory.
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Inclusivity is key to democracy. This means equal voting rights in our politics, but it can't end there. The economy also affects us in many ways.
What does inclusivity mean in the context of economics? It means inclusivity in ownership, the vehicle of economic power. It means worker ownership.
What does inclusivity mean in the context of economics? It means inclusivity in ownership, the vehicle of economic power. It means worker ownership.
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Inclusivity is key to democracy. This means equal voting rights in our politics, but it can't end there. The economy also affects us in many ways.
What does inclusivity mean in the context of economics? It means inclusivity in ownership, the vehicle of economic power. It means worker ownership.
What does inclusivity mean in the context of economics? It means inclusivity in ownership, the vehicle of economic power. It means worker ownership.
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🚨 Public money is being siphoned out the care system in profits, with millions going to private equity and tax haven firms
@theguardian.com's @journo-jess.bsky.social has the story of our investigation into extraction from our care system ⤵️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@theguardian.com's @journo-jess.bsky.social has the story of our investigation into extraction from our care system ⤵️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🚨 Public money is being siphoned out the care system in profits, with millions going to private equity and tax haven firms
@theguardian.com's @journo-jess.bsky.social has the story of our investigation into extraction from our care system ⤵️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@theguardian.com's @journo-jess.bsky.social has the story of our investigation into extraction from our care system ⤵️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Looking to shop ethically, support your local economy and/or work with businesses that share your co-operative values? There's only one place to go.
Our directory list all UK co-operatives (and you can even see if they're a Co-operatives UK certified member) 👇
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Our directory list all UK co-operatives (and you can even see if they're a Co-operatives UK certified member) 👇
buff.ly/rmaouqn
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Looking to shop ethically, support your local economy and/or work with businesses that share your co-operative values? There's only one place to go.
Our directory list all UK co-operatives (and you can even see if they're a Co-operatives UK certified member) 👇
buff.ly/rmaouqn
Our directory list all UK co-operatives (and you can even see if they're a Co-operatives UK certified member) 👇
buff.ly/rmaouqn
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Director and PSC ID verification starts from today 🔽. This will affect all organisations in the third sector that are registered at Companies House. More details below...
Director and PSC ID verification starts from today 🔽. This will affect all organisations in the third sector that are registered at Companies House. More details below...
📢 ONE WEEK TO GO before ID verification for directors becomes mandatory (from 18 November onwards) 🔽. This will affect campaign groups, charities, not-for-profits, and all third-sector organisations registered at Companies House. It's not just about the private sector! www.gov.uk/guidance/ver...
Verifying your identity for Companies House
You need to prove who you are to set up, run, own or control a company in the UK.
www.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Director and PSC ID verification starts from today 🔽. This will affect all organisations in the third sector that are registered at Companies House. More details below...
Director and PSC ID verification starts from today 🔽. This will affect all organisations in the third sector that are registered at Companies House. More details below...
📢 ONE WEEK TO GO before ID verification for directors becomes mandatory (from 18 November onwards) 🔽. This will affect campaign groups, charities, not-for-profits, and all third-sector organisations registered at Companies House. It's not just about the private sector! www.gov.uk/guidance/ver...
Verifying your identity for Companies House
You need to prove who you are to set up, run, own or control a company in the UK.
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📢 ONE WEEK TO GO before ID verification for directors becomes mandatory (from 18 November onwards) 🔽. This will affect campaign groups, charities, not-for-profits, and all third-sector organisations registered at Companies House. It's not just about the private sector! www.gov.uk/guidance/ver...
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Worker ownership is proven to create far more equitable pay ratios. The average for worker-owned cooperatives in the United States is 2-to-1.
Unfortunately, it seems like almost no one really brings this up as the alternative. That is why we must continue to talk about it so that awareness expands.
Unfortunately, it seems like almost no one really brings this up as the alternative. That is why we must continue to talk about it so that awareness expands.
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95.8 million in 2024.
The median barista made just $14,674.
That's a 6,666-to-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio.
The largest of all S&P 500 companies.
Every single worker should walk out.
Americans deserve a livable wage. Enough!
The median barista made just $14,674.
That's a 6,666-to-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio.
The largest of all S&P 500 companies.
Every single worker should walk out.
Americans deserve a livable wage. Enough!
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Worker ownership is proven to create far more equitable pay ratios. The average for worker-owned cooperatives in the United States is 2-to-1.
Unfortunately, it seems like almost no one really brings this up as the alternative. That is why we must continue to talk about it so that awareness expands.
Unfortunately, it seems like almost no one really brings this up as the alternative. That is why we must continue to talk about it so that awareness expands.
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⏰The countdown is on - there's just one week to go until Living Wage Week!
Next week we'll be celebrating the movement making a difference to thousands of workers, businesses and communities across the UK 🎉
📢 Calling all Living Wage Employers - find out more: www.livingwage.org.uk/living-wage-...
Next week we'll be celebrating the movement making a difference to thousands of workers, businesses and communities across the UK 🎉
📢 Calling all Living Wage Employers - find out more: www.livingwage.org.uk/living-wage-...
November 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
⏰The countdown is on - there's just one week to go until Living Wage Week!
Next week we'll be celebrating the movement making a difference to thousands of workers, businesses and communities across the UK 🎉
📢 Calling all Living Wage Employers - find out more: www.livingwage.org.uk/living-wage-...
Next week we'll be celebrating the movement making a difference to thousands of workers, businesses and communities across the UK 🎉
📢 Calling all Living Wage Employers - find out more: www.livingwage.org.uk/living-wage-...
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The new Pride in Place programme represents an opportunity to rebuild local civic and economic infrastructure with long-term financial support 🏘️
We’ve mapped the areas receiving funding 📍
Simon Grove-White writes 🖊️
cles.org.uk/blog/pride-i...
We’ve mapped the areas receiving funding 📍
Simon Grove-White writes 🖊️
cles.org.uk/blog/pride-i...
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The new Pride in Place programme represents an opportunity to rebuild local civic and economic infrastructure with long-term financial support 🏘️
We’ve mapped the areas receiving funding 📍
Simon Grove-White writes 🖊️
cles.org.uk/blog/pride-i...
We’ve mapped the areas receiving funding 📍
Simon Grove-White writes 🖊️
cles.org.uk/blog/pride-i...
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Myth: Worker ownership is unstable and inefficient.
Reality: Worker-owned businesses outperform traditional companies.
employeeownership.co.uk/Site/Site/co...
Reality: Worker-owned businesses outperform traditional companies.
employeeownership.co.uk/Site/Site/co...
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Myth: Worker ownership is unstable and inefficient.
Reality: Worker-owned businesses outperform traditional companies.
employeeownership.co.uk/Site/Site/co...
Reality: Worker-owned businesses outperform traditional companies.
employeeownership.co.uk/Site/Site/co...
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Economic democracy provides the foundation for a more equitable distribution of wealth. This directly safeguards political democracy by limiting the power of concentrated wealth.
Worker cooperatives, as one expression of economic democracy, actively support a more equitable and democratic world.
Worker cooperatives, as one expression of economic democracy, actively support a more equitable and democratic world.
October 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Economic democracy provides the foundation for a more equitable distribution of wealth. This directly safeguards political democracy by limiting the power of concentrated wealth.
Worker cooperatives, as one expression of economic democracy, actively support a more equitable and democratic world.
Worker cooperatives, as one expression of economic democracy, actively support a more equitable and democratic world.
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📣The real Living Wage rates have risen!
⭐£13.45 across the UK
⭐ £14.80 in London
Half a million workers will get a pay rise thanks to the commitment of a growing movement of over 16,000 leading employers such as @ikeauk.bsky.social Everton Football Club and @avivaplc.bsky.social
⭐£13.45 across the UK
⭐ £14.80 in London
Half a million workers will get a pay rise thanks to the commitment of a growing movement of over 16,000 leading employers such as @ikeauk.bsky.social Everton Football Club and @avivaplc.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
📣The real Living Wage rates have risen!
⭐£13.45 across the UK
⭐ £14.80 in London
Half a million workers will get a pay rise thanks to the commitment of a growing movement of over 16,000 leading employers such as @ikeauk.bsky.social Everton Football Club and @avivaplc.bsky.social
⭐£13.45 across the UK
⭐ £14.80 in London
Half a million workers will get a pay rise thanks to the commitment of a growing movement of over 16,000 leading employers such as @ikeauk.bsky.social Everton Football Club and @avivaplc.bsky.social
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"Can the Budget be a line in the sand where the Gov unleashes a new era of political empathy with difficulties such as paying the bills, having secure, well-paid work, somewhere to live, accessing services & getting care for loved ones?"
✒️ @sarahlonglands.bsky.social writes: www.themj.co.uk/new-era
✒️ @sarahlonglands.bsky.social writes: www.themj.co.uk/new-era
A new era?
While for many working in policy, the forthcoming Budget is a key milestone in the political cycle, for most people it happens to them and then they are told how...
www.themj.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Can the Budget be a line in the sand where the Gov unleashes a new era of political empathy with difficulties such as paying the bills, having secure, well-paid work, somewhere to live, accessing services & getting care for loved ones?"
✒️ @sarahlonglands.bsky.social writes: www.themj.co.uk/new-era
✒️ @sarahlonglands.bsky.social writes: www.themj.co.uk/new-era
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🎬 A new film for you! Co-operatives: Owned by our Members showcases the values, diversity and impact of co-operatives across the UK – and beyond. It's been created in the #IYC2025 to help increase understanding of #coops 👉 youtu.be/9jddNpXI-Lw
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Co-operatives: Owned by our members | Co-operatives UK
YouTube video by Co-operatives UK
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October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🎬 A new film for you! Co-operatives: Owned by our Members showcases the values, diversity and impact of co-operatives across the UK – and beyond. It's been created in the #IYC2025 to help increase understanding of #coops 👉 youtu.be/9jddNpXI-Lw
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Equal Exchange is a worker-owned cooperative that works directly with farmer cooperatives to create a more democratic and equitable supply chain.
The co-op provides an alternative to the corporate-based system and shows us that cooperative economics is viable and worker empowerment is possible.
The co-op provides an alternative to the corporate-based system and shows us that cooperative economics is viable and worker empowerment is possible.
Fairly Traded Coffee, Chocolate, Tea & Snacks
We offer a wide range of fair trade & organic coffee, chocolate, tea, cocoa and snacks direct from small-scale farmers and direct to your door.
shop.equalexchange.coop
October 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Equal Exchange is a worker-owned cooperative that works directly with farmer cooperatives to create a more democratic and equitable supply chain.
The co-op provides an alternative to the corporate-based system and shows us that cooperative economics is viable and worker empowerment is possible.
The co-op provides an alternative to the corporate-based system and shows us that cooperative economics is viable and worker empowerment is possible.
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“Infrastructure upgrades and plans for social housing are welcome but we also need to address who’s delivering these things to avoid more public resource being extracted by hedge funds and shareholders”.
Dr Tom Lloyd Goodwin reacts to the Chancellor's Conference speech ⤵️
Dr Tom Lloyd Goodwin reacts to the Chancellor's Conference speech ⤵️
September 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Infrastructure upgrades and plans for social housing are welcome but we also need to address who’s delivering these things to avoid more public resource being extracted by hedge funds and shareholders”.
Dr Tom Lloyd Goodwin reacts to the Chancellor's Conference speech ⤵️
Dr Tom Lloyd Goodwin reacts to the Chancellor's Conference speech ⤵️
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Did you know mutuals trace their roots to The Fire Office, a mutual insurer established in 1667 - the year after the Great Fire of London? It shows the enduring power of mutuals to find solutions. 1/2
October 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Did you know mutuals trace their roots to The Fire Office, a mutual insurer established in 1667 - the year after the Great Fire of London? It shows the enduring power of mutuals to find solutions. 1/2
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Decades of research finds that businesses with profit-sharing and worker ownership tend to perform better.
Worker ownership can empower working people with a say in their workplaces. It also creates a more equitable distribution of wealth, something that genuine democracy requires.
Worker ownership can empower working people with a say in their workplaces. It also creates a more equitable distribution of wealth, something that genuine democracy requires.
Evidence: what the US research shows about worker ownership
AbstractSharing the fruits of labour with workers has led to initiatives of both profit-sharing and worker ownership. Several decades of research shows tha
academic.oup.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Decades of research finds that businesses with profit-sharing and worker ownership tend to perform better.
Worker ownership can empower working people with a say in their workplaces. It also creates a more equitable distribution of wealth, something that genuine democracy requires.
Worker ownership can empower working people with a say in their workplaces. It also creates a more equitable distribution of wealth, something that genuine democracy requires.
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At the Labour Party Conf on Monday? Join our RORE session on resisting the far right. Held with Mayors & regional leaders, we'll look at the healing role local & regional govt can play.
mailchi.mp/9d6532c8061c...
@clesthinkdo.bsky.social @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @neweconomics.bsky.social
mailchi.mp/9d6532c8061c...
@clesthinkdo.bsky.social @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @neweconomics.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
At the Labour Party Conf on Monday? Join our RORE session on resisting the far right. Held with Mayors & regional leaders, we'll look at the healing role local & regional govt can play.
mailchi.mp/9d6532c8061c...
@clesthinkdo.bsky.social @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @neweconomics.bsky.social
mailchi.mp/9d6532c8061c...
@clesthinkdo.bsky.social @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @neweconomics.bsky.social
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Co-operatives do business better:
💷 4x more likely to be Living Wage Employers
📈 82% survive 5 years (vs 39% UK average)
👩💼 Women more likely to reach the top
Explore the #CoopEconomy 👇
uk.coop/news/record-...
💷 4x more likely to be Living Wage Employers
📈 82% survive 5 years (vs 39% UK average)
👩💼 Women more likely to reach the top
Explore the #CoopEconomy 👇
uk.coop/news/record-...
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Co-operatives do business better:
💷 4x more likely to be Living Wage Employers
📈 82% survive 5 years (vs 39% UK average)
👩💼 Women more likely to reach the top
Explore the #CoopEconomy 👇
uk.coop/news/record-...
💷 4x more likely to be Living Wage Employers
📈 82% survive 5 years (vs 39% UK average)
👩💼 Women more likely to reach the top
Explore the #CoopEconomy 👇
uk.coop/news/record-...
📢 ARE YOU READY for identity verification at Companies House...? It will be mandatory from 18 November 2025 onwards. All charities, social enterprises, campaign groups, not-for-profits etc, if registered at Companies House, will have to comply.
changestoukcompanylaw.campaign.gov.uk/identity-ver...
changestoukcompanylaw.campaign.gov.uk/identity-ver...
September 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📢 ARE YOU READY for identity verification at Companies House...? It will be mandatory from 18 November 2025 onwards. All charities, social enterprises, campaign groups, not-for-profits etc, if registered at Companies House, will have to comply.
changestoukcompanylaw.campaign.gov.uk/identity-ver...
changestoukcompanylaw.campaign.gov.uk/identity-ver...
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📢 Companies House will be using your company's annual Confirmation Statement as a lever to get your directors verified. If, after 18 November 2025, they are not verified by the time your Confirmation Statement falls due they will have to verify before you can file the Confirmation Statement.
August 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📢 Companies House will be using your company's annual Confirmation Statement as a lever to get your directors verified. If, after 18 November 2025, they are not verified by the time your Confirmation Statement falls due they will have to verify before you can file the Confirmation Statement.
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I think all companies should be worker-owned and run.
The employees should vote every year or two for a new CEO, and candidates should include anyone who's worked at the company for at least three years.
The CEO should be the person with a plan to keep the company profitable, ethical and humane.
The employees should vote every year or two for a new CEO, and candidates should include anyone who's worked at the company for at least three years.
The CEO should be the person with a plan to keep the company profitable, ethical and humane.
September 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I think all companies should be worker-owned and run.
The employees should vote every year or two for a new CEO, and candidates should include anyone who's worked at the company for at least three years.
The CEO should be the person with a plan to keep the company profitable, ethical and humane.
The employees should vote every year or two for a new CEO, and candidates should include anyone who's worked at the company for at least three years.
The CEO should be the person with a plan to keep the company profitable, ethical and humane.
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"While the official measurement of growth is GDP or GVA, speak to councillors...& they will talk about jobs, security, housing & special educational needs support"
@sarahlonglands.bsky.social writes about why we must look beyond growth in her latest column ⤵️
www.themj.co.uk/looking-grow...
@sarahlonglands.bsky.social writes about why we must look beyond growth in her latest column ⤵️
www.themj.co.uk/looking-grow...
Looking beyond growth
I was reminded this week of Michael Heseltine's 2012 report, No stone unturned: in pursuit of growth, which featured a cartoon of the man himself hunting for growth...
www.themj.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"While the official measurement of growth is GDP or GVA, speak to councillors...& they will talk about jobs, security, housing & special educational needs support"
@sarahlonglands.bsky.social writes about why we must look beyond growth in her latest column ⤵️
www.themj.co.uk/looking-grow...
@sarahlonglands.bsky.social writes about why we must look beyond growth in her latest column ⤵️
www.themj.co.uk/looking-grow...
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Are you searching for an alternative to shareholder capitalism? Don't believe the people who say there isn't one.
Cooperatives provide a sustainable, democratic, and equitable business model where stakeholders such as workers and customers participate in decisions and benefit from ownership.
Cooperatives provide a sustainable, democratic, and equitable business model where stakeholders such as workers and customers participate in decisions and benefit from ownership.
Cooperatives Build a Better World - NCBA CLUSA
Building stability, resilience and opportunity in 2025 Join us in celebrating the Year of Cooperatives! With co-ops in the spotlight […]
ncbaclusa.coop
August 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Are you searching for an alternative to shareholder capitalism? Don't believe the people who say there isn't one.
Cooperatives provide a sustainable, democratic, and equitable business model where stakeholders such as workers and customers participate in decisions and benefit from ownership.
Cooperatives provide a sustainable, democratic, and equitable business model where stakeholders such as workers and customers participate in decisions and benefit from ownership.