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Nominations are open for the Community Energy Awards

There are seven categories in this year’s awards, including a new section for best photo which…

Southern Co-op seeks good cause for £1k donation to mark new Weymouth store

The society is looking for nominations for a local group or charity to benefit from its…

Citizen’s wind projects favoured in Germany’s drive for renewable energy

Regulators have run a competitive awards system to grant licences to generate more than 1GW

Obituary: Barbara Dure 1925-2017, veteran of the retail co-op movement

The final president of the Plymouth and South-West Society spent her life promoting progressive politics and…

India’s national co-op body hosts regional conferences to sound out the movement

The most recent event, organised by apex organisation NCUI to collect recommendations for a national congress,…

Plans to scale back credit union regulations in the USA

The National Credit Union Administration has asked the sector to comment on a package of proposed…

Midcounties to launch new corporate travel business

The society hopes Co-op Travel Management will fill a gap in a market dominated by big…

ILO forms global commission to understand changes to the world of work

Twenty experts from around the globe will prepare a report for the ILO, which earlier this…

The only community-owned forest in Nova Scotia sets out its stall

Medway Community Forest Co-operative manages 12,000 acres in an effort to create a sustainable timber industry

Co-op Group re-enters talks with Nisa after Sainsbury’s pauses takeover plan

The supermarket giant had emerged as preferred bidder but put talks on hold over concerns about…

Only four CO-OP insurers set up under Obamacare are still standing

Maine, Wisconsin, Montana and New Mexico are the last survivors of the Affordable Care Act

Co-op Funeralcare pet cards will alert people to your four-legged friends if you fall ill

The idea, developed by funeral arranger Bridgette Perks, has been rolled out across the country