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23 May '12

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Global NewsAdvice to FSA on New Registration Guidance

From the Autumn of 2011 until March 2012 I was involved, as part of a team in Cobbetts LLP in developing advice for the FSA on the registration requirements for co-operatives and ...

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Global NewsCo-op Law Consolidation: Where is it now?

The project to consolidate the legislation for co-operatives and community benefit societies in the UK still seems to be at the stage of a brief being drafted by HM Treasury for ...

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United KingdomThe decline of the public company

The May 19th edition of The Economist carries an intriguing Briefing on “The endangered public company”.  It leads with the note that “public companies have had a ...

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AustraliaAustralia celebrates changes in co-operative law

Co-operatives in Australia have been strengthened following the passage of laws to slash red tape and reduce costs.

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Global NewsWhite House Briefing on Co-operatives, Jobs and Economy Opens Dialogue With Nation's Leaders

White House Briefing on Cooperatives, Jobs and Economy Opens Dialogue With Nation’s Leaders WASHINGTON, DC, May 08, 2012 — Last week, 150 leaders of the US cooperative ...

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New ZealandEmployee ownership offers SMEs bright future

30 April 2012 Special co-op rate for the employee ownership event of the year, 10 May, Melbourne. Special co-op rate for the employee ownership event of the year, 10 May, Melbourne Employee Ownership Australia, supporters of the International Year of Co-operatives have offered NFPs, co-ops, and trade unions a special conference day rate (not incuding the EOA Awards Dinner) of $245 to the 2012 Employee Ownership Conference on Thursday 10 May 2012, at ...

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Global NewsNew National Co-operatives Law introduced into state parliament

24 April 2012 The Co-operatives (Adoption of National Laws) Bill 2012 and the Co-operatives National Law were introduced into state parliament on 4 April, 2012 by New South Wales Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts. The Co-operatives (Adoption of National Laws) Bill 2012 and the Co-operatives National Law were introduced into state parliament on 4 April, 2012 by New South Wales Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts. The new national law scheme represents a ...

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Global NewsThe future of cooperatives as seen by Carlo Borzaga, President of Euricse

In an interview with Carlo Borzaga, a speaker at the upcoming International Summit of Cooperatives, the President of the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (Euricse) spoke about the future of co-operatives . . .

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Global NewsWorker Ownership for the 99% Press Conference (by...

Worker Ownership for the 99% Press Conference (by Steelworkers) For more information, please visit www.usw.org/coops The United Steelworkers, Mondragon, and the Ohio Employee ...

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Global NewsThe Ownership Commission Report published in the UK

The Ownership Commission, set up by the UK Labour government in 2010, last week published a report on its findings on British business ownership. The Commission, chaired by Will Hutton, was initially set up to look into how employee and cooperative forms of ownership might be applied in the UK public sector. The work was expanded, however, to look at British business ownership in general and the research now includes information on the mutual business model and other forms of employee ...

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