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BEIS allocates £10m to green community energy projects

The funding is aimed at rural community organisations looking to power their buildings with clean electricity

Central England Co-op is recruiting an Independent Non-Executive Director

The position is particularly aimed at qualified accountants with relevant experience of a large organisation

Mutuals among the most trusted financial firms for customer service

Winners at the Moneywise ‘Most Trusted’ awards include Benenden Health and NFU Mutual

International development: the co-op principles in practice

Building partnerships to encourage co-operative growth around the world

John Lewis and Partners maintenance staff ‘worse off’ following transfer to CBRE, says GMB

278 maintenance staff have been transferred to a different provider, leaving many 'deeply unhappy'

Growing co-operatives on America’s east coast

KDC’s Stephen R. McDow II on the challenges of rural and urban development – and how…

Rwanda: Doing development the co-op way – from the grassroots up

'Our philosophy is that it’s not our culture and not our country – our friends there…

How do we measure co-operative growth?

Phil Beardmore looks at the measurements the co-op movement should use as it seeks to double…

Meet… Alex Bird, co-op researcher, consultant and development worker

'As a movement we’re not very joined up ... but the commonalities are surely much greater…

National Co-operative Development Strategy: Where are we, two years on?

Do It Ourselves was launched in July 2017, and now Co-operatives UK is reviewing its progress

Who rules Britain – and how did they get there?

Academic Mike Wayne calls for 'dominant forms of productive property are held, through a diversity of…

MPs debate on co-ops and mutuals to mark Co-op Fortnight

Members from all parties praised the contribution of the sector to communities and to the economy