This year’s Mutuals’ Forum will be held on Thursday, November 4 at the British Library Conference Centre.
The Forum is an opportunity to join other mutual organisations for interactive and informative discussions on the future of mutuality and to listen to keynote speakers outline their views on the future of the sector.
As the the new [...]
This week saw the launch of the Commission on Ownership website.
Co-operative and mutual organisations have a major role to play in the Coalition’s emerging policies for providing public services and renewing modern society.
Mark joined Mutuo in May 2010 as Policy and Communications Officer.
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General election 2010
Following meetings with each of the political parties, we are pleased to report that it has had a significant impact on the three major parties’ own general election manifestos.
For the first time, the values of mutualism feature strongly in the three manifestos and specific policy pledges have been made that could help to [...]
Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg have today been challenged to lay down their plans for growing the mutual sector.
In recent weeks there has been a flurry of speeches and statements by the parties about their support for co-operative and mutual initiatives.
Today the mutual sector has responded with its plans for putting people at the heart of business and society in the first ever Mutuals Manifesto.
The economic crisis has shown the fragility of investor owned business, and the importance of the diversity of corporate forms to the British economy. Trust in institutions is at an all time low.
At the same time, Government is increasingly interested in how public services can be more accountable to their users, whilst harnessing a stronger culture of employee engagement.
Co-operative Financial Services have acted to support the launch of the Commission on Ownership to examine the role that ownership plays in our society.
The UK economy – as with most economies in the developed world – is largely driven by businesses that are owned by investors and for many decades, the profit motive has been its driving-force. While this ownership model provides a powerful driver, it also creates a problem. Being effective at delivering private benefit is all very well, but an economy based on the quest for the private benefit of some does not seek the common good of all.
The last ten years have seen a transformation of the UK mutual sector. Download this informative review of Mutuals in the UK.
