Research and publications

Demutualisation has ripped through many countries' mutual sectors, as people have sought to cash in on many decades, even centuries, of legacy assets that were built up by generations of members. Yet it has…

Mutuo has launched a new influencing strategy document for consumer co-operatives. The policy guide, co-produced with Consumer Co-operatives Worldwide [CCW], makes the case for consumer co-ops and demonstrates their importance to the global economy and…

Purpose-driven businesses top £130 billion income per annum Co-operative and mutual businesses account for over £133.5bn of income annually and touch the lives of 1 in 3 people in the UK, according to a…

We’re pleased to announce the launch of the updated Business Council for Co-operatives and Mutuals [BCCM] Sector blueprint.  Conceived and produced by Mutuo, BCCM’s updated strategy document reflects the success of its advocacy over its short…

In his latest Mutuo think piece, Cliff Mills talks about the policy opportunity for mutual social housing. There are two clear challenges for social housing today which are making it one of the top…

Co-produced with Mutuo, the Global Policy and Advocacy Guide was designed for the International Co-operative Alliance and its members to help strengthen their advocacy efforts. The policy guide draws together case studies of good…

Mutuo has today launched new policy proposals to help make business work in the interests of ordinary citizens. The People's Business report seeks to put cooperatives and mutuals - firms owned by customers…

Mutuo and ICMIF have today published the ICMIF Global Manifesto. Launched at the biennial ICMIF Conference in Minneapolis the document contains radical proposals calling upon global, regional and national institutions to play their part…

Political parties should bring forward plans for a greater role for mutual business in key areas of the economy: (more…)

The Hunt Review of Mutuals Policy has now been published (19th December 2014). The review, commissioned by Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP and Rt Hon Ed Balls MP is an independent report written by Mutuo…

Mutuo has today published (18 November 2014) a groundbreaking policy plan for Australian Co-operative and Mutual businesses. (more…)

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Mutuals has challenged the way that government and financial regulators work with mutuals. The Group has called for a series of reforms that will enable building societies, friendly societies…

AMICE, the European Association of Mutual Insurers and Insurance Cooperatives has published a political manifesto entitled “United in Diversity” laying out the sector’s proposal for political action to enable the sector to fully exploit…

Lord Myners is currently reviewing the governance structure of the Co-operative Group.  This is not the first review – Mutuo contributed to such a project in 2007.  Of course the context was different from…

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Mutuals has called on the Government to take urgent action to improve the way that football club owners behave towards supporter groups. In a report that is critical of…

Since 2008 when the Mutuals Yearbook was first published, the world around us has changed significantly. It is clear that all mutual organisations have endured a difficult economic climate in which to operate. Our…

By their very nature, mutuals are limited in how they can raise capital. Like all businesses, they can retain profits and can borrow against future earnings, but they have no equity shareholders and so…

The mid term manifesto seeks to take a fresh look at the role that mutuals can and should play in the business and social future of the United Kingdom. It takes into account the…

Mutual businesses have reasserted their position in the UK high street, with figures unveiled today showing a combined mutual sector turnover of £116bn and one in three consumers doing business with a mutual in…

Mutuo has welcomed today's Government response to the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills consultation “Building a Mutual Post Office.”  The consultation, which sets out the building blocks towards securing a mutual post office,…

Britain needs to improve the way its businesses are owned in order to create higher long term economic growth, declares the Ownership Commission today.  Government should act to ensure that all types of business,…