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Confederation of Co-op Housing announces its annual award winners

This year's awards had a focus on the sector's efforts to support the UN Sustainable Development…

Credit unions among winners of the Consumer Credit Awards 2022

Wiltshire & Swindon and Central Liverpool credit unions won awards based on customer reviews on Smart…

17,000 gallons of fuel donated to Ukrainian credit union member farmers

163 farmers with credit union loans have benefited from the programme, launched by the charitable arm…

Ways Forward searches for answers to the climate crisis

Two days of debate and workshops featured contributions from organisations including Union Co-ops UK, the Green…

Cecop calls for ‘ambitious’ European Commission platform work directive

The European Parliament’s Employment Committee is due to vote on the Commission’s directive on improving working…

Co-op Group to give all staff paid leave for fertility treatment

CEO Shirine Khoury-Haq says she wants to support employees, having been through fertility treatment herself

Rail co-op applies to run services in south-west of England

Go-op has applied to run services, owned and operated by users and staff, between Taunton and…

Tributes paid as Sewa founder Ela Bhatt dies at 89

The 'gentle revolutionary' earned accolades around the world for her work, which included the empowerment of…

Worker co-ops welcome the California Employee Ownership Act

The act, which facilitates the worker buyout option for business succession, was signed into law by…

Ukrainian credit union numbers fall as Russian shelling worsens

Membership numbers and credit union assets have also fallen

Scotmid Co-op commits to growing its team from within

Co-op News hears from the Scotmid employees benefiting from staff development programmes

Central England Co-op announces rebrand using the ICA’s global marque

The independent retail society has changed its name to Central Co-op as part of a refresh…