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Employee Ownership Awards praise sector’s top performing businesses

The Employee Ownership Association held the ceremony at its annual conference, with Rochdale Boroughwide Housing among…

Snapshots in time: Looking back at 12 early examples of co-operation

Ed Mayo from Co-operatives UK has just published a history of co-operation – and finds cases…

What do Quaker and co-operative businesses have in common?

'The Rochdale Principles bear more than a passing resemblance to the Quaker testimonies, which are equality,…

SHRUB co-op wins Climate Challenge Fund Award

The co-op currently has over 330 members, with 1,000 people using the shop regularly and 3,800…

Community-owned Hastings Pier enters administration

The award-winning project, which restored the fire-damaged site and reopened it last year, hit financial difficulties…

Government invests £60m in community-led housing schemes

'It is a massive and potentially paradigm-shifting opportunity for our sector to develop new co-operative and…

Collaboration and co-operation key to Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit future

Ed Mayo of Co-operatives UK says small businesses will need to pool their efforts to succeed…

Goat dung to power local community energy project

Totnes Renewable Energy Society has been given an £18k grant to study the feasibility of the…

In the battle for net neutrality, can co-ops keep the internet open and democratic?

Small, community-owned ISPs are spreading – and could help to protect open internet access

Co-op Group receives top global award for initiatives in tackling modern slavery

Judges say the co-op is 'best in class' for its engagement with suppliers and victims of…

Setting a vision for a co-operative university

The Co-operative College hosted a day of workshops to discuss issues such as governance, curricula and…

CECOP responds to the European Commission’s Social Pillar package

A statement calls for 'a drastic shift of EU policies towards encouraging investment rather than putting…