Paul Gosling
Paul Gosling is a journalist, broadcaster, author, researcher, copywriter, public speaker and co-operative analyst. He specialises in the economy, public services and personal finances.
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RetailCo-op Group eyes take-over of mutual Nisa
Retail giant Sainsbury’s is also said to be in the running, facing the convenience chain...
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Banking and InsuranceCo-op Bank – in trouble again?
Speculation has intensified over recent days about the future of the Co-operative Bank. According to...
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Banking and InsuranceThe world has changed: here is a new economics to match
Radical economist Paul Mason’s book, PostCapitalism, identifies the disruption to the system from globalisation and...
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How well are financial mutuals really doing?
It seems I may have been too optimistic in this column a few weeks ago...
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How co-operatives can help sustain the sharing economy
A profound change is taking place in the UK economy – and it’s not a...
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Energy co-ops hit by cheap oil and gas
These are difficult times for energy co-ops – and they are set to get significantly...
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2014 analysis: plenty to be positive about, but we cannot gloss over the disasters
2014 marked, I think, 25 years since I began writing regularly for Co-operative News. But...
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RetailHow the Co-operative Group’s legal business fits into its restructure plans
While the Co-operative Group is undertaking a comprehensive rationalisation and disposal programme of its wide...
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Building society sector ‘in surprisingly good health’, says KPMG
The building society sector is in surprisingly good health, according to the just-published KPMG Building...
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Can mutuals compete in a globalised economy?
Globalisation, I suggest, is bad news for co-ops and other mutuals. By creating a huge...
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