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Midcounties Co-operative nominated for Environmental Sustainability Award

The judging panel praised Co-op Energy, owned by Midcounties, for being the UK’s leading supporter of…

Solidarity economy: Case studies from Rojava and Jackson, Mississippi

Sacajawea Hall from Cooperation Jackson and Huriye Semdin from Rojava shared their experience during a workshop…

The ILO: from 1919 to current day

Stirling Smith celebrates the centenary of the United Nations agency with a mandate to promote co-operatives

Southend taxi co-op launches operations in neighbouring Rochford

The team also supported Cardiff Taxis Co-operative through its launch in March

Regulatory failures and the fall of the Co-op Bank

Paul Gosling looks at the Mark Zelmer report on the actions of the FSA

Ed Sheeran makes the Co-op’s funeral music top ten

Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ remains the top choice for funeral songs but there are no hymns…

BCCM welcomes ALP Growth and Productivity Taskforce

The Australian Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals welcomed the announcement

Annual profits at Ecology Building Society pass the £1m mark

'Our continued growth and record results show that finance that benefits people and planet can be…

Q&A: Deb Oxley, the Employee Ownership Association

'An increase in the number of businesses that give employees a voice and a stake will…

How are employee-owned businesses different from other enterprises?

Insight from Co-operatives UK, Calverts and the Worker Co-op Council

Q&A: Lucy Humphrey and Tony Carr, social care worker co-op Leading Lives

The model gives employees the chance to take greater responsibility for the running and development of…

SEWA’s role in a changing world of work

Founded by activist Elaben Bhatt, the trade union fights for women workers in the informal economy