Building Co-operation in the Capital
The long-delayed and even longer-awaited reforms to rename Industrial and Provident Societies are soon to come into force. Ian Snaith, legal expert on IPSs writes on his blog that the changes which were passed into law some years ago will finally soon be implemented. The biggest impact is that soon, IPSs will be able to call themselves Co-operatives Societies or Community … [Read more...]
Co-operatives UK have just published a new worker co-op code of governance. It's been produced by the Worker Co-op Council, the body which represents worker co-ops within the UK's co-operative movement, and isn't there as a prescriptive template, but more to help worker co-ops work out how best to reflect their co-operative status using the the 7 Rochdale Principles … [Read more...]