Gareth Thomas: Labour should drop water and energy nationalisation

The Labour/Co-op MP says voters were put off by the potential cost of nationalisation and favours…

MP tables bill to help co-ops raise private investment for green projects

The private members bill, from Labour MP Anna McMorrin, is similar to a law introduced last…

BCCM chief says co-ops can solve problems for care and farming sectors

Melina Morrison also repeated her praise for the sector’s response to the bushfires devastating the country

Researchers build online index for the Co-op News

The resource, being developed by Principle 5 in Sheffield, will be invaluable to students of the…

Agriculture award for former SAOS chief James Graham

'His intellect, drive, resilience and humility have been of colossal and probably irreplaceable value to Scotland’s…

Ethical challenges for co-ops in the modern retail world

From the need to build industry partnerships to new entrants to the ethical market and the…

Co-op movement plots the way forward at two key events

This month sees the Co-operative Futures and Co-operative Retail conferences

Heart of England society invests £100k in student housing co-ops

Student Co-op Homes is running a community share offer to lease properties in Brighton, Nottingham and…

Central England Co-op scoops green standard treble – for the third time

The internationally recognised standards cover areas such as carbon emissions, waste outputs, and water use

Archaeology firm digs out new future as employee-owned business

Guard Archaeology, based in Scotland, has discovered several key sites, including the real Bannockburn battlefield

Blueprint unveiled for a co-operative Greater Manchester

Commission's report is 'a golden opportunity to make devolution work for co-ops in one of the…

The wartime secret of the second largest consumer co-op in the USA

A piece of co-op history that sheds light on the internment of Japanese-American citizens during WWII