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London Mutual Credit Union shortlisted for the national innovation award

The credit union was shortlisted in two categories in the Financial Services Forum Awards for Innovation

First set of platform co-op teams chosen for Unfound Accelerator

Projects include creative platforms, language courses, financial mutual aid and an app to support people through…

Report highlights advantages of co-op working in tech and culture sectors

The report is based on research carried out in 2019 and 2020 on co-ops in creative…

Welsh AMs given insights into platform co-op sector

'We know the economic and influencing power of digital platforms, but platform co-operatives need to rival…

Co-op Group unveils ten-point plan to hit zero-carbon by 2040

'We are facing a monumental climate change crisis ... We must recognise that we are in…

Arla launches internal green energy market and hails use of big data on climate

Farmers can now sell renewable energy they generate directly to the co-op, improving their price and…

Midcounties launches Co-op Conversations series for members

The forums are taking place in the week leading up to the society's AGM on 13…

New partnership seeks to support growth of employee ownership

Stir To Action, J Gadd Associates, TLT and Triodos Bank are working on the project with…

New Internationalist offers community shares to fund its Covid-19 recovery

The co-op aims to increase resilience by welcoming more subscriber numbers

Meet … Joe Fortune, general secretary of the Co-op Party

'It is right for us to be inspired by our history, but we must be a…

250 years of Robert Owen

Rebecca Harvey looks back at the life of a leading light of the early co-op movement

Co-op News: a tool of democracy

'Co-op News is part of the co-operative movement but also an independent body and this is…