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Ownership, entrepreneurship and business
The Commission’s starting point is that we believe that companies should be more than networks of contracts, and at their best they can be living, breathing human institutions held together by trust and a sense of common purpose.
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Ownership, the state & the public sector
The Commission is interested in finding what lessons the public sector can learn from good corporate ownership.
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Ownership & place: global & regional contexts
It is important to place the UK experience of ownership in a global context, and to understand how ownership is manifest internationally.
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The Ownership Context
Ownership matters. It confers primary rights. Owners of companies set their strategic direction, purpose and terms of employment. Owners of land decide on what should be done with it. Owners of property decide on the amount they will devote to maintenance and improvement. These decisions have a profound impact on the rest of the economy and society.
The Issues
What's happening
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6 September 2011
Party conferences 2011
The Commission on Ownership will hold fringe events at each of the three main party conferences this year. To find out more, please see below. Liberal Democrat Hall 6b, ICC, Monday 19 September, 18:15-19:30 Ed Davey MP Will Hutton Peter Marks Su...
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29 December 2010
Will Hutton: We have the oddest and most regressive constitution for private ownership anywhere in western capitalism
Below is an article from the Observer written by our Chair, will Hutton, about the state of contemporary British capitalism and the Commission. The original article can be read here. Heathrow's chaos is indicative of a wider national ma...
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February
Upcoming Events
The Commission on Ownership will be holding fringe meetings at each of the three main party conferences this year. See below for more details.
Liberal Democrat
Hall 6b, ICC, Monday 19 September, 18:15-19:30Ed Davey MP
Will Hutton, Chair
Peter Marks, Chief Executive, The Co-operative Group
Sue Slipman, Foundation Trust Network
Peter Hunt, Chief Executive, Mutuo
Labour
Concourse Fringe Room 9, ACC Liverpool, Sunday 25 September, 13:00-15:00Tessa Jowell MP
Oliver Nyumbu, Chief Executive, Caret
Peter Marks, Chief Executive, The Co-operative Group
Sue Slipman, Foundation Trust Network
Peter Hunt, Chief Executive, Mutuo
Conservative
Royce Suite, The Midland Hotel, Monday 3 October, 12:30-14:00Andrew Jones MP (PPS to Business and Enterprise Minister, Mark Prisk)
Will Hutton, Chair
Peter Marks, Chief Executive, The Co-operative Group
Sue Slipman, Foundation Trust Network
Peter Hunt, Chief Executive, Mutuo
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