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Cooperatives Europe responds to European Parliament’s SME strategy report

The Parliament asks for a review of the strategy for SMEs in light of the impact…

How co-operative law helps co-ops grow

'Law is one of the means to ascertain which of those entities, which claim to be…

Who counts the co-ops?

We kick off the new year with a series of articles on issues around co-op growth…

New report explores barriers to growing the UK’s purpose-driven finance sector

We talked to Marloes Nicholls and Dr Gemma Bone Dodds of the Finance Innovation Lab to…

Q&A: Robert Kelly

Chief executive, the Association of British Credit Unions

From Brooklyn to Europe: the new wave of co-operative grocery stores

As Luxembourg welcomes a new co-operative food store, we look at some other young European grocery…

2020 Q&A: Glenn Bowen

Director of enterprise at the Wales Co-operative Centre

In memoriam: Some of the friends the co-op movement lost in 2020

Remembering some of the friends the movement lost this year

Looking back on 2020: A year in co-operation

The global movement responded to the unprecedented challenges of Covid-19 - but continued to innovate and…

Q&A: Simel Esim

Chief of the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit (ILO Coop)

Q&A: Ursula Lidbetter

CEO, Lincolnshire Co-operative

Q&A: Julie LaPalme

Program director for Cooperative Housing International