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Co-op owned Danish meat processor to cut 150 jobs

Danish Crown aims to cut £47.8m from its annual budget, citing Covid-19, the Ukraine war and…

20 agriculture managers receive co-op development training in the DRC

The training, which participants will pass on to their own colleagues, covered the International Labour Organization’s…

SEWA sets out priorities for women’s co-ops ahead of national policy for sector

Key policy asks in the federation's Delhi declaration include simplifying the registration process for women's co-ops

How are retail and food co-ops responding to high inflation in the UK?

From grassroots action by Cooperation Town to support for warm spaces by the big retail co-ops,…

Close to the edge: Co-ops turn to crowdfunding through financial crisis

'Groups are fighting on multiple fronts ... Fatigued volunteers, diminished reserves, dealing with the governance ...'

Bright Future Co-op reappoints Causeway to run modern slavery programme

The work placement scheme with businesses including the Co-op Group and Midcounties has helped 77 people…

Worker co-ops welcome European Parliament’s position on platform work

The correct classification of platform workers will ensure level playing field and fair competition for co-operative…

New Japanese housing co-op built in Yakushima Island’s ancient cedar forest

Sumu Yaskushima uses regenerative architecture practices to ‘discover new possibilities for interacting with nature’

Kauaʿi Island Utility Cooperative develops habitat plan to protect threatened species

The co-op has agreed the plan with government environmental bodies to reduce the impact of its…

Co-operative banking sector continues to grow, EACB figures show

Co-operative bank membership grew by 1.4% to 88 million in 2021, a survey of 13 countries…

New trouble for Mondragon as two industrial co-ops leave the fold

Ulma Group and Orona Cooperative both voted to leave at the end of last year, after…

New chief of LV= pledges support for principles of mutualism

David Hynam, who took over after the failed bid to sell the insurer, also gave his…