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How can co-operatives contribute to the future of work?

With increasing challenges brought by demographic changes, technological developments, globalisation or climate change, the world of…

Investing in the co-operative movement

If you are looking to support the wider co-operative movement, you could join the ranks of…

Hitler’s hit list: co-operatives and co-operators during wartime

Adolf Hitler’s hatred and intolerance of sections of society is well documented, but less known is the…

Member economic participation: turning co-operative supporters into co-operative investors

The path to member economic participation, one of the core co-operative principles, never did run smooth.…

Report features twenty best practices from Latin American co-operatives

Cooperatives Europe has released a new report that showcases 20 of the best co-operative practices from…

Saigon co-operative makes top 10 Asia Pacific retailers list

A retail co-operative from Ho Chi Minh City has been included in a list of the…

A co-operative option for running bus services?

The Co-operative Party has launched a campaign to promote a mutual bus solution for the future.…

The Marcora Law: an effective tool of active employment policy

Camillo De Berardinis, managing director of CFI, (Cooperazione Finanza Impresa – Cooperation Finance Enterprise), looks at how the Marcora…

Co-ops and charities: Are they mutually exclusive?

What is the difference between charities and co-operatives? Since the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act…

The co-operative disadvantage: Why the movement needs a level playing field

Who would voluntarily choose to be a co-operative or a community benefit society? Or – to…

Co-op slashes fruit and veg prices

Fresh fruit and vegetables have been reduced in price at Co-operative Food stores in an attempt…

Take a peek inside the Co-operative Group’s head office

A 360-degree virtual tour of One Angel Square, the Co-operative Group’s head office in Manchester, has been…