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The profit motive does not sit well with care of any kind

“The profit motive does not sit well with care of any kind”

These are the words of Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, at a recent event discussing care and co-operatives. The context was...

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Building a Cooperative Recovery

By Jo Platt and Cliff Mills

A different world

Nobody foresaw a pandemic when we published our Co-operative Commission report in January. 

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Coronavirus and the Greater Manchester Co-operative Commission

By Cliff Mills

Talk about disruption!

Unless you are a hermit, it is difficult to imagine anybody whose life has not been impacted – if not turned upside down – by coronavirus.

Nobody wants this. Nobody wants the anxiety...

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Fair. Equal. Democratic.

by Kellie Bubble

Why Greater M'cr is exploring co-operative solutions to inequality

Last year GM Mayor Andy Burnham announced the creation of a 'Co-operative Commission' to explore how to best support co-op development in...

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Procuring Social Value

By Cliff Mills

“Our ambition is to make GM one of the best places in the world to grow up, get on and grow old.” 

Greater Manchester Strategy: Our People Our Place

There can...

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Business support

By Jo Platt MP

Since February the Greater Manchester Commission has been looking at a number of opportunities to build on our proud co-operative history in areas such as transport, housing and digital. Starting from our belief that...

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Are coops really different?

By Cliff Mills

In his recent blog Why the cooperative model works well for digital-tech businesses Shaun Fensom argues that cooperatives have something to offer in the digital-tech...

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Why the cooperative model works well for digital-tech businesses

by Shaun Fensom

The Internet is built on cooperation. That’s a widely understood notion that is not lost on many in the cooperative movement. That cooperatives can - even should - use digital tools like social media better to engage...

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The Commission needs you!

by James Wright, policy officer, Cooperatives UK

Last year Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, announced the creation of a Co-operative Commission to develop policy for co-ops in the city region. This is a golden...

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Greater Manchester Co-operative Commission: why?

by Cliff Mills

Why does Greater Manchester and its Mayor Andy Burnham want there to be more co-operatives?

First, because co-ops strive to be fair.

It is a type of business which is different from the mainstream.  ...

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