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Tim from Co-op & Community Finance Reflects on Future Co-ops, two weeks on !

February 15, 2019

So, how do we make Co-op Deserts Bloom? That was the topic and challenge presented to us at the 2019 Future Co-ops conference we sponsored this year.

As Coop News had already reported, the conference this year was designed to be one of ‘active participation’ led by Think Digital, a department of the Central England Co-op retail society, rather than your conventional sit and listen format. The two day event took us on a journey of discovery, storytelling, conundrums, outcomes and pledges; oh and a quiz based on an old hardware store brochure, thrown in for good measure.

So, what are my take away thoughts and reflections, two weeks on?

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The Community Business Market in 2018 – top five things you need to know

December 18, 2018

Original post from the Power to Change blog – published here.

Power to Change’s Community Business Market report for 2018 launched today. The report is based on an improved research method involving a survey of 300 respondents and analysis of secondary data. The report contains vital information about the size, scope and structure of the market and the amazing work community businesses do. Below is a short list of the top things you need to know about community business in England:

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Confidence in Business at a 40-Year Low

October 30, 2018

CREDIT: Blog taken from Coops UK, August 2018

With an uncertain Brexit around the corner, consumer confidence in business has fallen to a dramatic low. New survey data released today (Thursday 23 August) reveals that just over one third of people (36%) believe that most companies in the UK are fair to consumers,1 down from 44% in 2000 and 61% in 1983 in previous offline research.2

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