Global

Residents of a village in Nova Scotia, Canada, decided they’d had enough of slow internet speeds…

Agriculture

Carrefour sets up agricultural co-op in Romania

April 3, 2017

French retailer Carrefour has founded an agricultural co-operative in a Romanian village to bring local fresh…

Community & Development

Group launches search for Member Pioneers

The Co-op Group has launched a search for Member Pioneers to create relationships between members, colleagues and…

Retail

Travelmaker co-op makes list of UK’s top travel agencies

The Channel Islands Co-operative Society’s Travelmaker in Jersey has been named one of the best travel…

Banking and Insurance

Review: Young money blogger Iona Bain looks at how to build better finances

Spare Change, Iona Bain (Hardie Grant Books, 2016) Author of the YoungMoneyBlog, financial blogger Iona Bain has…

Health

Eudes de Freitas elected president of the International Health Cooperative Organisation

The International Health Cooperative Organisation (IHCO) has elected Eudes de Freitas Aquino as president. Dr Aquino has…

Community & Development

CICOPA calls on young co-op entrepreneurs of the world for survey

The International Organisation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives (CICOPA) has launched on online survey on youth…

Community & Development

Winning consortium co-ops announced in this year’s Scottish Collaboration Prize

The six winners of this year’s Collaboration Prize, a £60,000 fund to develop new consortium co-ops in…

Fairtrade

Fairtrade Fortnight: Retailers spread the message on giving the world a better deal

Another successful Fairtrade Fortnight (27 February to 12 March) saw co-operative retailers spread the message with…

Banking and Insurance

How do we build an alternative economy from the ruins of the financial crisis?

Another Economy is Possible, edited by Manuel Castells (Polity Books, 2017) As the dust began to settle after…

Health

Central England Co-op signs pledge to raise awareness of mental health