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Worker co-ops

Media Co-op among winners at Social Enterprise Awards Scotland

November 14, 2024
Miles Hadfield

The Glasgow-based worker co-op, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, has produced more than 1,000 films

Community

Media co-op Great Central Gazette looks to revive local journalism in Leicester

December 6, 2023
Alice Toomer-McAlpine

The co-op model adds transparency over funding and how stories are created, says managing editor Rhys…

Politics & Legal

Co-ops join MPs’ calls for more government support for local journalism

February 13, 2023
Alice Toomer-McAlpine

Longer-term funding that reaches smaller titles is needed, says the report

Worker co-ops

The Canary news website switches to a workers’ co-op structure

October 26, 2022
Alice Toomer-McAlpine

The radical site has adopted the sociocracy model of governance and says the change is ‘as…

Technology

NewsSocial: A platform for news sharing and community wealth building

September 14, 2022
Anca Voinea

Available on the Apple and Google Play stores, the mobile app enables users to exchange news,…

Banking and Insurance

Co-ops and the commons: imagining a ‘People’s Media’

January 31, 2022
Alice Toomer-McAlpine

What role could co-operativism have to play in a UK media commons?

Business

Clash of values at left-wing journal

September 6, 2021
Miles Hadfield

A war of words broke out at US magazine Current Affairs after staff called for it…

Environment

Retail co-ops sign up to soft plastic collection scheme

August 3, 2021
Miles Hadfield

Items such as crisp packets and pet food pouches, which have been hard to recycle, can…

Retail

Meet: Judy Saunders

July 2, 2021
Rebecca Harvey

Judy is the newly elected president of Chelmsford Star Co-operative

Uncategorized

Department store costs see Chelmsford Star report £3.5m loss

May 10, 2021
Miles Hadfield

The society made a trading profit of £1.9m but faced exceptional costs at its Chelmsford and…

Community & Development

New Internationalist offers community shares to fund its Covid-19 recovery

May 4, 2021
Anca Voinea

The co-op aims to increase resilience by welcoming more subscriber numbers

Environment

Chelmsford Star Co-op hits target for 25% cut in energy use

April 30, 2021
Miles Hadfield

Measures include the installation of LED lighting and refrigerator doors, and the sourcing of renewable energy