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Show filtersCo-op Group comes to the rescue as Costcutter’s supplier P&H collapses
The Group will supply 2,200 outlets in the retail network from next spring, and is looking…
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…