Scotmid Co-operative Hosts Menopause Cafe Posted on 8th July 2022 by Richard McCready As part of Co-operatives Fortnight celebrations Scotmid Co-operative hosted their first Menopause Cafe, showing a concern for the welfare of their employees. Monica Lennon MSP has submitted a motion to the Scottish Parliament highlighting this event.
Co-operatives offer the opportunity to build a better world. Posted on 1st July 2022 by Richard McCready As a Co-operative Party MSP and the Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Co-operatives in the Scottish Parliament, I was pleased to submit a motion to the Scottish Parliament highlighting these events and the wider benefits co-operatives can bring to our society.
On Employee Ownership Day, we need action by the Scottish Government. Posted on 24th June 2022 by Richard McCready On Employee Ownership Day, Paul Sweeney MSP calls for real action from the Scottish Government to deliver their own target of 500 Employee-Owned Businesses in Scotland by 2030.
Call for a food champion in Renfrewshire Posted on 29th April 2022 (29th April 2022) by Richard McCready Food Justice campaigner and Co-operative Party candidate, Alison Ann-Dowling, highlights the work that she will do with her fellow Scottish Co-operative candidates if re-elected.
MSPs Praise Co-operative Movement Support for Ukraine Posted on 26th April 2022 (26th April 2022) by Richard McCready Lothian MSP, Foysol Choudhury, calls Scottish Parliament’s attention to donation from Scotmid Co-operative and highlights the international vision of the co-operative movement
Scottish Co-operative Ideas Tackle the Cost of Living Crisis Posted on 8th April 2022 by Richard McCready Scottish Labour launched its Local Election Manifesto at New Lanark. Appropriately for a launch at a mill with such a strong co-operative history there is a Co-operative thread running all the way through the Scottish Labour manifesto.
Time is Running out to Support the Right to Food in Scots Law Posted on 15th February 2022 (15th February 2022) by Richard McCready Help us in the campaign for a legal Right to Food in Scotland and fill out Rhoda Grant’s consultation.
Cheers to Community Owned Whisky Posted on 22nd December 2021 (22nd December 2021) by Richard McCready Rhoda Grant MSP has tabled a motion in the Scottish Parliament welcoming the release of the first whisky produced in Dingwall in nearly one hundred years. GlenWyvis Distillery is a Community Benefit Society.
Scottish Budget: Act now to save our high streets Posted on 8th December 2021 (8th December 2021) by Richard McCready Ahead of the Scottish Budget on Thursday 9 December, Daniel Johnson MSP sets out the need for a level playing field on our high streets and for all organisations to pay their fair share.