Mutuo brings together the different wings of the mutual sector to promote a better understanding of mutuals and to encourage mutual approaches to business and public policy.
Through Mutuo, consumer co-operatives, building societies, mutual insurers and friendly societies and other mutuals work together to promote their shared interests to the Government, media and other decision makers.
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Mutuo publishes a series of research papers about all aspects of the mutual sector. These are available in digital form (PDF) to be downloaded directly from the site.
Today’s announcement that the Co-operative Group has been granted preferred bidder status for 632 Lloyds branches is a major endorsement of mutual business. Should it complete the deal, the Co-operative Banking Group will expand from its existing 342 branches to almost 1,000. This comes on the back of the 2009 merger between Co-operative Bank and Britannia Building Society that created the UK’s first super-mutual.
Read MoreMutuo welcomes the Government’s new Mutuals Support Programme which has been launched recently at Anglian Community Enterprise.
The programme will bring together information, advice and bespoke support for fledgling mutuals including:
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