Tag: co-operatives
What do London taxi drivers, farmers in Perthshire and bouncers in Newcastle have in common? Co-ops
Pay inequality, zero-hour contracts and a sense of disempowerment are driving people to form co-operatives, finds a new report. The sector i...
Economics
A people’s pier
Hastings Pier has survived war and 144 years of change. After a devastating fire, grassroots action has helped it to re-emerge from the ashe...
Culture Good Business
Community energy in uncertain times
Green energy could flourish in post-Brexit Britain, says long-time community energy campaigner and co-founder of Sharenergy, Jon Halle
Environment Opinion
City contracts to favour co-operatives in Berkeley
Berkeley in California is believed to be the first US city to give preference to co-operatives after passing a new resolution that favours w...
Economics
Positive News blazes a trail for media business models
With over 800 new co-owners of Positive News and more than £155,000 raised so far, it seems that crowdfunded and crowd-owned media appeals t...
#OwnTheMedia Opinion
'I want a network of young people creating a different economy'
With young people trapped between unemployment and underemployment, the political response is too paternalistic, says new organisation AltGe...
Economics Money Positive People Youth
