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Mutuals: Business, but in your interests
A mutual is a business owned by its customers, its employees, a group of like-minded producers or a combination of these
First offer of Mutuo-inspired capital instrument in Australia
The first offer of Mutual Capital Instruments in Australia has been made, following a Mutuo-involved project to introduce new legislation which created this new type of mutual share
The Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Act
A new Act to enhance the operating environment for co-operatives, mutuals and friendly societies has been passed.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Mutuals
Bringing MPs and Peers together with a wide range of co-operatives and mutual enterprises to facilitate better support for the sector through public policy
About us
Mutuo promotes all types of co-operative and mutual business through:
- Public affairs and political advocacy
- Policy development
- Management consultancy for mutuals
Mutuo’s international advocacy and research highlights the positive impact of mutual businesses, helping to create the conditions for mutuals to prosper
Latest news
Mutualisation: Reconnecting Water with its Purpose
The debate about the future of the water sector has become trapped in familiar arguments. Public or private. Markets or the state. Regulation or investment. We have spent years discussing structures when perhaps we should have been asking a more fundamental question....
New report – People, Place and the Economy: The Social Value of Mutuals
A new report to build awareness, influence policy discussion, and provide the mutual and co-operative sector with shared insights that explain the social value of mutuals is published this week. This report, supported by the Royal London Group and published by the...
Our response to the DBT Call for Evidence
Mutuo has prepared this document to share its submission to the DBT Call for Evidence. We hope that sharing our response is helpful to those preparing their own submissions, and we encourage as many organisations and individuals as possible to respond to...
Mutuals and Co-operative Sector Business Council Outlines Recommendations for Expanding the Economic Contribution of Credit Unions
The Mutuals and Co-operative Sector Business Council is today submitting a paper to HM Treasury, outlining six recommendations for expanding the economic contribution of credit unions. The paper follows the Government’s commitment to doubling the size of the mutuals...
BBC Mutual?
Mutuo Managing Partner Peter Hunt reflects on the relationship between the public and the BBC The public has a curious relationship with the BBC. Obliged to pay for TV licences, every household will contribute £169.50 this year to the running costs of the Corporation,...
Momentous step forward for the UK mutual and co-operative sector
The Chancellor, Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, will today announce the formation of a new mutual council made up of some of Britain’s biggest customer and member-owned firms. Under the leadership of the UK’s three largest mutuals, the Co-operative Group, Nationwide Building...
Nationwide’s bid for Virgin Money shows mutuals can have ambition beyond organic growth
Nationwide Building Society’s bid for Virgin Money represents a step change for UK mutuals. This is a new, muscular mutuality in action, which is only made possible by the successful stewardship of the building society by its board. The bid for Virgin Money shows that...
Post Office Limited should be a mutual
A re-published report by Mutuo’s Managing Partner, Peter Hunt and Principal Associate, Cliff Mills argues that the mutualisation of Post Office Limited would better serve its employees and the communities in which branches operate. What if Mr Bates owned the Post...
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