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Ecology Building Society grows its assets past £250m mark

The ethical lender also celebrated its 40th anniversary and met international standards on climate-related disclosures

Germany’s largest dairy co-op launches vegan product range

New products will include oat-based desserts and chocolate drinks

Community pubs still going strong after two years of lockdowns

We speak to Chris Cowcher from the Plunkett Foundation and John Walker from the Green Dragon…

Insights from the 2022 Co-operative Retail Conference

'Retailing has always been driven in part by technological change … but look around: there are…

The challenges facing small co-ops – and how to overcome them

Insights from co-op development workers Claire Alexander, Phil Beardmore, Glenn Bowen, Alex Lawrie, Cath Muller, Tiziana…

Young co-operators from Woodcraft Folk attend PeaceCommunicators programme

'The peace education training seminar felt extremely poignant at a severe point of international political distress'

Thieves force Heart of England Co-op to lock store defibrillators

Defibrillators at the society’s stores will be unavailable outside opening hours, after four of the life-saving…

Migros retail co-op to vote on proposal to lift alcohol sales ban

The ban, which applies to the Swiss co-op's stores, restuarants and take-aways, was introduced in 1928…

Mechanisms for co-op growth: The Hive and Community Shares Booster

An update on the work of the development programmes delivered by Co-operatives UK

When small means strong: Community power at Cooperation Town

'This is something that needs to be practised on a hyperlocal level ... This is building…

Irish minister visits north of England credit unions

The visit was organised by the Swoboda Research Centre

Finnish co-op bank figure represents Europe’s banks on new sustainability reporting board

Annina Tanhuanpää of the Finnish co-operative bank, OP Financial Group, was nominated by the EACB