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Category Archives: Cooperatives
#Budget11 – one #coops response
I’ve posted #Budget11 – one #coops response on UK.coop because it’s a bit long and I doubt many of the people reading this through software-related sites will want to read it. If you’re interested in UK co-ops and the budget, … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, budget11, business, community, consultation, cooperatives-uk, coops, taxes, ukgov
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John the Revolution!
If you were watching itv1 last night (or since), you might have seen the co-operative group’s Join the Revolution advert that hints at how buying from co-op shops helps to support a wide range of other co-operative efforts. This isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, community, cooperative group, cooperatives, tv, uk, video
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Event for creative co-operatives
Last week, I was at this event in Bristol where we heard some interesting stories from other creative co-ops. I think the oldest had been running for about the same length as time as our co-op, but with a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged bristol, community, cooperative, cooperatives, creative, event, meeting
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The co-operative difference
I’ve been a bit quiet on this blog and it’s mainly been because our co-op is busy, with the annual reports and tax returns to do as well as an increasing amount of client work. It seems that we’re not … Continue reading
What Price Networking?
How much would you pay to participate in a social network and what would you expect for that? On the web, I’m used to some social networks being available for free. Usefulness and size varies massively, but there’s quite a … Continue reading
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UCEPROTECT and SORBS SPAM: Two DNSBLs to Avoid
I just had another conflict with a debatable anti-spam configuration. I think it was debatable rather than obviously wrong, so I’m not going to rant about the specific setup, but while discussing it with other postmasters, the following two Domain … Continue reading
Report on TravelWatch SouthWest General Meeting 9 Oct 2010
I attended this meeting last Saturday, taking up the Cooperatives-SW invitation (we have been invited before, as reported on this blog). It was held, once again, at SCAT in Taunton. First, we had introductions from everyone. The Go! Co-op rail … Continue reading
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Tagged bus, co-op, Cooperatives, fgw, first great western, go, mass transport, network rail, public transport, rail, transport
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Doing Business the Co-operatives 2010 Way
Co-operatives 2010 On Friday, I was at this event in Plymouth. The basics of it are pretty well covered by John Atherton’s blog post. I led one of open surgeries on use of Social Media, which I’m going to try … Continue reading
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Tagged business, co-op, conference, cooperative, cooperatives, cooperatives fortnight, coops, coops10, coops14, coops2010, event, meeting, networking, social media, social networking, video
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Budget 2010: take 2 (IT, Co-ops and Community edition)
I’ve been watching the June budget and pondering its effects on me, our co-op, co-ops in general and the wider community.
IT Taxes I just want to flag this one up as a special interest: the telephone tax is killed off before it starts. Yippee! But now we … Continue reading
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Talks: RMS Kosovo, MJR Plymouth
RMS will be visiting Kosovo today to speak at the national library. There is no entrance fee, however the number of seats is limited to 250, so please register by writing to register@flossk.org. Less illustriously, MJR will be visiting Plymouth … Continue reading
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Tagged co-operatives, flossk, free software, kosovo, mjr, plymouth, rms, social media, surgery
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