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Obituary: Celebrating Chris Herries, 1947-2020

Tributes from across the UK co-op movement

Co-op Group reviews funding for core co-op organisations

The society has traditionally supported these organisations through membership fees, subscriptions and memoranda of understanding

Wales Co-operative Centre project to help social businesses rebuild post Covid-19

The campaign will support social businesses in recruiting directors

Co-operation and care: CLES pushes a new economy solution to national crisis

The report was commissioned by social services directors in the north west of England

Housing co-ops to get relief on new property tax measures

The measures - brought in to tackle tax avoidance by corporate investors – had caught some…

Co-op College announces two-day online education programme

Learning Live will run from 29-30 September with a dozen interactive sessions to highlight co-op responses…

Community businesses look to branch out after Covid-19

A survey from Power to Change also finds that 73% of community businesses are less confident…

Co-operative Bank to close 18 branches and cut 350 jobs

The closures will be completed by the end of 2020

Blog: Employee ownership and the post-Covid world

'To have the best possible chance of recovery, we need businesses that can be resilient, adapt…

New Forest fire risk: Southern Co-op stops selling instant BBQs, but Group continues

The National Park Authority has asked retailers in the area to pull disposable barbecues from their…

DigiFest 2020 will celebrate anniversary of Alf Morris’ disability act

The Labour/Co-op MP – later Lord Morris – pushed through the pioneering legislation in a private members'…

125 years: International Cooperative Alliance reaches important milestone

Celebrations of the milestone will continue into next year when the ICA holds the 33rd World…