Co-operative Congress: Reimagining the economy

A panel looked at ways to reshape the economy to avert the crises facing the UK…

Co-operatives UK launches its new National Co-operative Development Strategy

The strategy, drawn up after two years of research, looks at areas such as social care,…

The Big Debate: How are co-ops caring for communities at a time of crisis?

As austerity cuts take hold in the UK's social services, and demographic changes bring a new…

Co-op Group eyes take-over of mutual Nisa

Retail giant Sainsbury’s is also said to be in the running, facing the convenience chain with…

Lincolnshire Co-op colleagues and customers raise £144,000 for local hospices

Fundraising efforts included a sponsored pedometer challenge and dividend card donations

How are co-operatives ensuring no one is left behind?

As this year’s International Day of Co-operatives takes the theme of inclusion, we look at the…

Leaving no one behind: Older people in Singapore

Co-ops in Singapore are taking steps to meet the healthcare challenges of an ageing population and…

Leaving no one behind: tenants and home-owners in Wales

The Welsh government sees co-ops as playing a key role in providing 20,000 affordable homes during…

Leaving no one behind: ex-offenders in Argentina

Kbrones textile co-op, set up by a group of prisoners using skills they learned in jail,…

Leaving no one behind: small producers in the East of England

The co-op has just showcased ten of them women producers included in its Sourced Locally initiative

‘We need to build a better economy – and we need to do it ourselves’

Dame Pauline Green explains more about the new national development strategy for co-ops, led by Co-operatives…

Which are the world’s most co-operatively minded countries?

New research for the International Day of Co-operatives maps the prevalence of co-op values around the…