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Ed Mayo

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Name: Ed Mayo

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

David Parker

Why are co-operatives such popular places to work?

A recent survey has found that co-operatives are more attractive to employees than mainstream private businessesDespite representing less than 1% of businesses in the UK, four out of the top 25 graduate employers were co-operatives or mutuals, according ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Ed Mayo, David Parker, United Kingdom, Ethical Business

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Co-operative values and principles undermined

PrintComment EmailSimon Danczuk MPThe MP for Rochdale, the birthplace of the Co-operative movement, has accused the Government of riding roughshod over the town’s heritage following proposals that will allow any company to set up as a co-operative without ... [Published Rochdale Online - May 21 2013]

Entities: Simon Danczuk, Ed Mayo, United Kingdom

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

US Department of Health

Event puts spotlight on foster parenting

Gering Mayor Ed Mayo presents a proclamation recognizing Foster Parent Recognition Month Wednesday to Debbie Silverman, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services’ western service area administrator.Event puts spotlight on foster parenting By MAUNETTE ... [Published Scottsbluff Star-Herald - May 10 2013]

Entities: Ed Mayo, Foster Care, US Department of Health, Everlast Worldwide Inc, Foster Child

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Letters: Mutuals can come in many forms

_ Ed Mayo is right (Mutual dislike, 4 May). In talking of mutuals, the government must take care not to confuse joint ventures with mutual ownership. It is more than semantics, because to be a proper mutual, the customers or employees must be able to ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 06 2013]

Entities: Ed Mayo, privatise, Julian Le Grand

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Bogus psychometric tests for jobseekers were used without permission

Questionnaire "had failed its scientific validation".The Guardian 's Shiv Malik reports that the Government's Behavioural Insight Team – the so-called "nudge unit" – is in hot water over its unauthorised use of a bogus "psychometric test" designed to ... [Published New Statesman - May 06 2013]

Entities: privatise, Ed Mayo, Shiv Malik

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

John Lewis PLC

Nudged out: this is mutualisation, but not as we know it | Ed Mayo

The privatisation of No 10's nudge unit, meant as a model for public services, is no John Lewis utopia for employeesIt makes for a lovely headline. The much-trumpeted "nudge unit" in government is being nudged out and will be run as a private, mutual ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 03 2013]

Entities: Ed Mayo, privatise, John Lewis PLC

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Use of co-operative name under threat by British Government

- 10:19am (0) Co-operatives, Consumer, Democracy, Politics, Regional OrganisationsShare this page:Share |Ed Mayo is calling for co-operators to petition the Government's consultationCo-operatives UK has launched a campaign to protect the use of the co-operative ... [Published Co-operative News - May 02 2013]

Entities: Ed Mayo, Threat, United Kingdom

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Plans to sell off Civil Service come under attack

Plans to spin-off dozens of state-owned services into independent companies have been criticised by two members of a Government task force set up set-up to promote the idea. On Wednesday, The Independent revealed details of proposals to part-sell millions ... [Published The Independent - May 01 2013]

Entities: Task Force, Ed Mayo, United Kingdom, privatise

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Gering Mayor Sees Internal Hire for Police Chief

The mayor of Gering says he expects the city to hire internally when selecting its new police chief, but there's no timeline on when that might happen.Gering Mayor Ed Mayo says the city is not pressed by any timeline to start the process of offering the ... [Published KOLN/KGIN - May 01 2013]

Entities: Ed Mayo, Jason Rogers

First reported Mar 22 2013 - Updated Mar 22 2013 - 1 reports

Co-operative councils: the future for local authorities?

Over 20 local councils in the UK have joined a new framework which promises to reinvent the traditional model of the council as a tool of social empowerment. But will it work?Poor local councils – starved of funds, disparaged by Eric Pickles, viewed with ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 22 2013]

Entities: Peter Hunt, Ed Mayo, Entrepreneur, John Houghton

First reported Mar 21 2013 - Updated Mar 21 2013 - 1 reports

Budget makes it easier to invest in co-operative businesses

Government to consult on changes which will affect co-ops registered as industrial and provident societiesLeading co-operators have welcomed changes announced in the budget to make it easier for members to invest in co-operatives.Since 1994, the amount ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 21 2013]

Entities: Ed Mayo, James Graham, David Mills

First reported Feb 14 2013 - Updated Feb 14 2013 - 1 reports

Where can business go next when it comes to young people?

Firms can improve products and services for a new generation, but they could also do more to empower them, says Ed Mayo Children have more spending money and more influence on consumer trends than ever before, but that doesn't mean to say that business ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Feb 14 2013]

Entities: Ed Mayo, Agnes Nairn, Dynamix

Quotes

Ed Mayo, Secretary General of Co-operatives UK, said: "in 27 years of registering co-operatives, co-operatives uk has never encountered the view that having the term ‘co-operative’ on the sensitive words list is an administrative burden. but we have challenged a number of rogue firms who want to pass themselves off as co-operatives."

Co-operative values and principles undermined [Published Rochdale Online - May 21 2013]

Co-operatives UK's Secretary General Ed Mayo said the public associate co-operatives with being "trustworthy, business-like and fair" and that he is concerned this will diminish...

Use of co-operative name under threat by British Government [Published Co-operative News - May 02 2013]