My latest blog on executive pay levels has just been posted on Social Europe. https://www.socialeurope.eu/chief-executives-pay On salaries and greed? As Oxfam reports that the top 1% of the world’s population now ownmore than the other 99%,perhaps it’s time to think … Continue reading
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Now we have a new First Minister, who’s pledged to reform the Welsh economy over the next few years, perhaps it’s time to think about how we remunerate people in Wales, and in particular those at the top of the … Continue reading
The Open 2018 Conference took place at the Conway Hall on July 26th and 27th. I was invited to speak at a workshop session on “Solving the crisis of the Gig Economy” together with my colleague Lieza Dessain from SMart … Continue reading
In schools, colleges and lycées throughout France, from March 26th to 31st, Social and Solidarity Economy at School Week raises awareness of collective entrepreneurship among more than 4,000 students. Formerly “Cooperation Week at School”, the “SSE Week at School” is … Continue reading
Working Together, a new report authored by myself, Pat Conaty and Cilla Ross was launched on tuesday 20th March 2018 at the Urdd in Cardiff The UK is failing its ‘precarious’ workers says new report:- Britain is failing its growing army … Continue reading
I’m currently in France, so getting a slightly different view of the world through my local paper (Ouest France – France’s largest circulation newspaper, published by the Humanist Philosophical Society!) and the France 24 (France’s equivalent of the BBC World … Continue reading
In Britain, along with Brexit, we are seeing a change to our economy through a huge rise in the number of people working as self-employed. It is currently at around 4.8m, which is over 15% of the workforce and is … Continue reading
Co-operators and elected representatives from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland met for the first time on Feb 5th 2016 at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh to discuss how to take forward the co-operative agenda in their regions. The private meeting, … Continue reading
My fellow Bathonion and vegetarian, Sir Isaac Pitman (1813–97), the inventor of Pitman shorthand and founder of the Pitman Press in Bath, and his younger brother Henry Pitman (1826–1909), both advocates of spelling reform, argued that the hypen in co-operator was … Continue reading