Andy Burnham wants more devolution to address local challenges

The mayor of Greater Manchester says 21st century change will need bottom-up solutions to local challenges

Report calls for national strategy for adult education and lifelong learning

' Lifelong learning helps to ready us for what is to come: from automation to climate…

Australia’s top 100 co-ops and mutuals have a joint turnover of $31.9bn

Australia is home to 2,032 co-operatives and mutuals with a combined turnover of AU$104bn

200 Calgary staff to lose jobs at Federated Co-operatives

The procurement co-op lost one of its main client co-ops earlier in the year, which means…

Sweden’s largest solar park to be built by a housing co-op

Sweden has set the target for electricity production to be 100% renewable by 2040

Labour, Lib Dem and Green manifestos: What’s in it for co-ops?

Policies that could affect co-ops and mutuals directly and indirectly have been announced by the Labour,…

Co-operative Bank of Kenya gets behind free cancer-screening campaign

The Banks allocated sh10 million (£75,920) to the programme over the next five years

Belgian co-operative aims to establish an ethical bank

The co-operative needs to raise €30m through a share offer to secure the approval for a…

Central England Co-op launches campaign against violence towards store staff

Since January the retailer has recorded 275 incidents of threats/intimidation, 171 cases of verbal abuse and…

ICMIF conference explores the future of mutuality

Discussion included new tech, the mutual model and disaster resilience, and community support

Woccu welcomes efforts to tailor EU rules for credit unions

'Where appropriate frameworks are adopted, credit unions are remarkably successful in providing inclusive economic growth for…

Co-op Group opens community garden as part of store revamp

The project - which will have pickable herbs, pollinator flowers and a remembrance corner, is part…