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Blog: Employee ownership and the post-Covid world

'To have the best possible chance of recovery, we need businesses that can be resilient, adapt…

Scrapping old business models for a mutual future

Jess Scully scours the world for good examples - from care co-ops in Lebanon to microfinance…

Member-owned venue holds crowdfunder as Covid-19 hits arts sector

Hebden Bridge Trades Club has yet to reopen from lockdown and is calling for public support

The Fair Tax Mark and rebuilding post Covid-19

The team at Fair Tax Mark are working on a new set of international standards

How Covid-19 bailouts failed non-standard and platform co-op workers

A report from Cecop calls for new measures to recognise non-standard workers in the European economy

US outdoor retailer REI plans layoffs as Covid-19 hits trade

The co-op is to shed 400 workers from its stores across the US

Plunkett Foundation releases Vision for a Covid-19 Rural Recovery

'We don’t just want to rebuild the rural economy – we want to ensure it is…

EU leaders agree on the post-Covid €750bn recovery deal

Cooperatives Europe welcomed the deal but said it regretted some cuts in EU programmes and policies…

10-year plan to make social enterprise the preferred option for Wales

'The time is right for us to start respecting and trusting social enterprises to deliver real…

Use co-op ideas to restart local economies after Covid-19, says CCIN

With councils facing severe financial challenges, the Co-operatives Unleashed report looks at community-led ways to mobilise…

Rishi Sunak unveils £30bn Covid-19 job recovery plan

Measures include a VAT cut which could benefit businesses in the hospitality sector

US electric co-ops back new flexible finance bill as they recover from Covid-19

Sector body NRECA says it could save the sector £10bn as it adjusts to falling revenues…