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Cooperatives Fortnight 2013

2013-06-21 by mjr

Cooperatives Fortnight 2013 starts tomorrow. Our co-op is taking part in a few activities this year. Come along and meet us, or find other events on the national website. This Sunday, I’ll be riding 50 miles in support of Leonard … Continue reading →

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Adrift @coopsutd in @coopParty workshop

2012-11-07 by mjr

Sometimes I felt at home at Cooperatives United, like at the wonderful fringe dinner at Eighth Day last Thursday night. Sometimes I felt overwhelmed by the flood, like at the cooperative party workshop on Friday morning. The workshop addressed the … Continue reading →

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The @coopsutd Journey

2012-11-04 by mjr

I’m on my way back from Cooperatives United. I haven’t quite posted as much as I planned (just a few microblogs/tweets) because the event was so much bigger and busier than I expected! So I’m writing this on my (6 … Continue reading →

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Help Bring KohaCon to Edinburgh

2011-09-28 by mjr

Our co-op has put in a bid to bring KohaCon to Edinburgh in 2012. Edinburgh is a great Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) conference city, with libraries of national and international importance, a huge choice of hotels, restaurants and … Continue reading →

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Goodbye to an LLP Co-op

2010-01-08 by mjr

The Tool Factory closed its doors on 31st December 2009. As you may remember, our co-op is one of few LLP co-ops and we mentioned 2amase LLP in our case study as one of the others. 2amase were closely linked … Continue reading →

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Happy International Day of Cooperatives

2009-07-04 by mjr

Today is the 87th ICA and 15th UN International Day of Cooperatives. There’s a PDF message from the United Nations secretary general. It’s also the start of the Tour de France, which runs for the next 22 days. There are … Continue reading →

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Small is beautiful or big is better? (#coop09 sw audio download)

2009-07-03 by mjr

There were several interesting conferences last week. An honourable mention to the Worker Co-operative Forum, but the most interesting for me was the Cooperatives-SW annual conference in Plymouth on Tuesday 23 June 2009. This free event was split into three … Continue reading →

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Cooperatives-SW Board and Housing Enquiry, Bristol, 6 April 2009

2009-04-02 by mjr

With our AGM in Plymouth rescheduled until June or July, the Cooperatives-SW board will meet in Bristol on Monday. Cooperatives-SW aims to represent co-operative and mutual enterprises in the region. As with previous meetings, if you’d like to meet up … Continue reading →

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Bristol Cooperatives and Social Enterprise Trade Fair on Monday

2008-11-28 by mjr

Cooperatives-SW is working in partnership with the Regional Infrastructure for Social Enterprise (RISE) to hold a Trade Fair with support from CDA (BRAVE Ltd.), Social Enterprise Works, Co-opportunity and Watershed Media Centre. It will be held on Monday 1 December … Continue reading →

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Social Enterprise Photography Competition and Cooperatives South-West Trade Fair

2008-10-24 by mjr

Cooperatives South West is working in partnership with the Regional Infrastructure for Social Enterprise (RISE) to hold a Trade Fair with support from CDA (BRAVE Ltd.), Social Enterprise Works, Co-opportunity and Watershed Media Centre. It will be held on Monday … Continue reading →

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