Economic Development
Growth is as much about an area’s social capital as it is its local economy
Syd Prior was the country’s oldest shop worker before he retired from his job at B&Q last month just short of his 97th birthday. He joined the DIY store 20 years ago, benefitting from the company’s policy of employing older workers.
In our latest article on the UK’s ageing population, Simon Hobbs and Alan Hatton-Yeo argue that if we are to harness the potential of older people we need to recognise individuality and encourage a voice and real influence
The big media story of the last few months has been the likelihood of a double dip recession and the European sovereign debt and banking crisis. This has led many to argue that the old paradigm of continuous economic growth is broken beyond repair.
An economic force for good
Co-operatives in the UK have struggled to reach the scale seen in other countries. In a changing world, can co-ops become a powerful and creative economic force again, asks Clare Goff
This year is the International Year of Co-operatives and, to celebrate, a new movie is being filmed telling the story of the birth of the Co-operatives in Rochdale, England. The Rochdale Pioneers – its working title – will recount the lives of the 28 founders of the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society in 1844, an event recognized as the movement’s birth.
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