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Credit Unions

2025: In memoriam

December 31, 2025
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Agriculture

2025 in review: Co-op stories from the year

December 31, 2025
Miles Hadfield
A selection of some of the news we’ve carried over the past 12 months
Federations and co-op apexes

New year’s honours list includes co-operators Peter Hunt and Ed Mayo

December 30, 2025
Miles Hadfield
Mutuo CEO Peter Hunt and former Co-operatives UK secretary general Ed Mayo receive MPs, while the Co-op Party’s Anneliese Dodds is made a dame and Jonathan Ashworth gets a CBE
Consumer co-op

2025 in review: Debbie Robinson

December 30, 2025
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Federations and co-op apexes

2025 in review: Rose Marley

December 30, 2025
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Federations and co-op apexes

2025 in review: Melina Morrison

December 30, 2025
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Consumer co-op

2025 in review: Shirine Khoury-Haq

December 29, 2025
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Securing livelihoods while preserving Palestine’s art of embroidery 

August 11, 2025
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Britain’s co-op sector is lagging behind – so what can it learn from abroad?

July 30, 2025
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Education

Shaping co-operative leaders through co-operative academic education

November 13, 2025
Anca Voinea
Pursuing a postgraduate degree while working full-time can be both challenging and rewarding, something graduates of the International Centre for Co-operative Management (ICCM) at Saint Mary’s University know too well. …
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Why co-operatives are key to climate and development

November 13, 2025
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By Pamela Coke-Hamilton, executive director of ITC, and Fátima Torres, president of the UNICAFES Confederation

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