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Latest news and press releases from the Wales Co-operative Centre.

Can employee ownership help defuse the business succession time bomb in Wales?

19 Mar 2012

Can employee ownership help defuse the business succession time bomb in Wales?   A new report from the Wales Co-operative Centre released Monday 19th March A business succession time bomb...

Wales Co-operative Centre Film Screening - 'The Take'

8 Mar 2012

A film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein Thursday 29 March, 6.00pmCineworld, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff   To celebrate the United Nations International Year Of Co-operatives 2012, the Wales...

Centre's work to be showcased at Welsh party political conferences

2 Mar 2012

The Wales Co-operative Centre will be present at the Welsh party political conferences during Spring 2012. We plan to talk to delegates about the work of the Centre in developing social enterprises...

Developing a Welsh Social Enterprise Consortium to buy Coffee Direct from Africa

27 Jan 2012

The School of City & Regional Planning at Cardiff University has been exploring the possibility of developing direct relationships with coffee producers in Africa and potentially South America.

‘Secure Wales’ benefits from the Consortia Development services from the Wales Co-operative Centre

27 Jan 2012

The Secure Wales marketing consortium, a collaboration between six providers of security and fire protection in Wales, has become the latest organisation to benefit from the support services offered...

North Wales Financial Inclusion Partnership Scoops National Awards

27 Jan 2012

A creative DVD designed by residents of North Wales Housing Associations to help new tenants manage their money and ‘bite back’ at loan sharks has been honoured with two national awards.

New Financial Inclusion Projects

27 Jan 2012

In the last few months, the Centre has secured funding for a number of new financial inclusion projects which will enable it to continue its work helping people to gain access to fair and appropriate...

Social Enterprise Wales Conference 2011

27 Jan 2012

Over 240 delegates from across Wales gathered at the Richard Ley Development Centre on 16 & 17 November 2011 for the Social Enterprise Wales Conference 2011.   Under the theme of...

Wales Co-operative Centre offers direct support to Ugandan Coffee Co-operative

27 Jan 2012

We are delighted to announce that in February the Centre will begin a project working directly with Ugandan based Fair Trade Coffee Co-operative – ‘Gumutindo’...

Communities 2.0 Digital Inclusion Programme extended for further three years

27 Jan 2012

Welsh Government Finance Minister, Jane Hutt has announced that the Communities 2.0 digital inclusion programme that the Centre helps to deliver, will be continued for a further three years.  ...