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World Council Young Credit Union Professionals’ programme turns 20

Wycup includes young credit union professionals from all over the world

Co-op Group chief writes to PM calling for free school meal extension

'We simply cannot let any child go hungry as a result of this pandemic'

Co-op Group joins ad campaign to highlight abuse of retail staff

Nationwide Buidling Society and Network Rail join the retailer to raise awareness of attacks on staff…

Book review: Worker co-operatives in India

The book discusses the limitations of capitalism and the role of alternative economies and co-operatives

Covid recovery fund goes to Newcastle co-op venue

The Globe – owned and run by the Jazz Co-op – has been awarded £80,000 from…

Welsh credit unions celebrate a year of growth

Around 80,000 Welsh people are members of a credit union

Credit unions told to adapt to the new normal

The CFCFE conference looked at the challenges of Covid-19 and digitisation

New oral history project will collect credit union stories

Volunteers will collect 40 oral histories from credit union pioneers across the North of England

Global credit union membership surpasses 291 million

The largest increases over the past decade were witnessed in Latin America (153%), Africa (143%) and…

Worker co-ops featured in European report on new tech and digitisation

The social economy can play a key role in driving digitisation, argues the report

Retail tech business VME converts to co-op status

We speak to Stephen Gill about the switch – which he hopes will offer an example…

Worker co-op plans rebirth for Birmingham bicycle industry

Birmingham Bike Foundry is teaming up with Vulcan Bicycle Works on the bespoke manufacturing venture