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New role at Community Shares Unit to help drive democratic ownership

John Dawson, who takes up the role in January, previously worked at Power to Change and…

Canal mooring co-op joins debate on community waterways

Surge Co-operative is developing moorings and regenerating Bow Creek – part of London's River Channelsea

‘A gateway to the movement’: Neil Calvert’s goals for the Co-op College

The new principal and CEO discusses the three-strand strategy

Governance and legal updates for co-ops

Key governance and legal issues that have changed for societies over the past year

Stir to Action New Economy Programme continues

This year’s programme is fully women-led

Power in Numbers: Lessons in co-op organising from Cincinnati

A look inside Co-op Cincy’s business bootcamp for fledgling co-operatives

Locality calls for community power to tackle 21st century crises

'We want to have local decision making powers. We want to have local people in control…

Key trends convenience retailers need to watch out for

Convenience stores – a mainstay of the modern retail co-op sector – generate £43.2bn to the…

Co-op Group welcomes move to include store workers in crime bill

The Group is among players in the co-op movement campaigning for action amid soaring levels of…

South Korean president addresses World Cooperative Congress in Seoul

Moon Jae-in praised the movement's work on solidarity, sustainable development and empowerment

World’s top 300 co-ops had a joint turnover of 2.18tn in 2019

Top co-op by turnover is French bank Groupe Crédit Agricole; top co-op by turnover over GDP…

How co-ops are delivering social mobility through training and apprenticeships

We speak to Paul Gerrard from the Co-op Group and Heather Lee from Lincolnshire Co-op