Mutuals outperform and offer better value than competitor banks, according to a report from KPMG Australia. The…
Housing associations and co-ops pledge 350 homes for Syrian families
Scottish housing co-operatives and associations have pledged to allocate 350 homes to Syrian refugees who are…
Thomas Cook takes over The Co-operative Travel joint venture outlets
Thomas Cook is set to take over the Co-operative Travel joint venture. Five years ago, the Co-operative…
Credit unions join Affordable Loans portal partnership
An Affordable Loans portal is being set up in partnership between private and social sector bodies to…
Community housing in Canada to get over $20m investment
The Fonds d’investissement de Montreal (FIM) has announced its fourth capitalisation phase to improve community housing…
Co-ops react to Cadbury’s Fairtrade logo swap
The UK’s most famous chocolate maker Cadbury is changing the way it works with Fairtrade in…
EU Commission launches Start-up and Scale-up Initiative
The European Commission has revealed its Initiative on Start-up and Scale-up, which places a strong emphasis on…
Coop extends Swiss Paralympic partnership
Coop, one of Switzerland’s largest retail and wholesale organisations, has extended its partnership agreement with Swiss Paralympic…
CICOPA president receives recognition on the 200th anniversary of the Polish co-operative movement
Manuel Mariscal, president of the International Organisation of Industrial and Service Co-operatives (CICOPA), has received a…
Agri co-ops welcome the tackling of unfair trading practices
Copa-Cogeca, the organisations representing European farmers and agri co-operatives, have welcomed recommendations made by the EU…
Winners announced for the Employee Ownership Awards
The Employee Ownership Association (EOA) has announced the winners for the 2016 edition of its Employee…
Four platform co-ops that are making a change
Innovative thinkers are joining online platforms with co-operative models of business to create a new wave of digital organisations…