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BusinessNew website created to raise awareness of employee ownership as a business option
TransfertoCoops.eu offers guidance for company owners and employees in a bid to boost the model across the EU
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EqualityThe gig economy – an opportunity for co-ops and trade unions to work together?
Co-op Congress heard from John Park from Community Union and Sarah de Heusch of co-op gig platform SMart
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Banking and InsuranceCentral Bank of Ireland launches consultation on credit union investment framework
The sector, which has been hit by a low interest rate environment, could see its range of investment classes widened
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HealthCo-op Legal Services supporting Cancer Research UK
The #AWill2TackleCancer campaign hopes to raise over £750,000 to support work on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease
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BusinessGovernment to reduce burden on small co-operatives
Small co-operatives will benefit from legislation designed to reduce regulatory burden, in a decision announced by chancellor Philip Hammond in the spring budget. The government will increase the turnover threshold for which co-operatives are required to conduct a...
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Banking and InsuranceCo-operative law under review in Singapore
New laws are being considered to improve the governance of co-ops in Singapore, with a review of country’s the Co-operative Societies Act. The move was announced by Grace Fu, minister for culture, community and youth, at the...
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EconomyCongress looking to remove VAT tax exemptions for co-ops in the Philippines
The Philippines’ Department of Finance (DoF) is proposing a comprehensive tax reform that threatens to leave co-operatives worse off. Sales by co-operatives to their members, sales of co-op produce, and gross receipts from lending by credit unions...
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Credit UnionsCentral Bank of Ireland is reviewing credit union regulations
Credit unions across Ireland could soon be allowed to invest their members’ funds in social housing projects. The Central Bank of Ireland announced a review of regulations, saying it was considering whether to facilitate further classes...
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BusinessCo-operatives UK calls on the government to scrap tax breaks for executive shareholders
With the chancellor preparing his spring Budget on 8 March, Co-operatives UK has made a submission asking the government to create “a genuinely inclusive economy”. The trade body for co-ops wants the government to stop awarding £220m a...
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LegalCo-operative lawyers meet for Latin American summit in Montevideo
More than 100 lawyers from Latin America, and 20 from Europe, Canada and Israel, gathered for the forum, held alongside a Latin American Congress on Co-operative Law, discussing issues surrounding the law at a time...