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Co-operatives UK

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Federations and co-op apexes

Report on UK co-ops urges removal of barriers blocking sector growth

April 8, 2025
Miles Hadfield

Sector apexes have joined forces to call for reform on access to finance, outdated legal frameworks,…

Consumer co-op

Co-op Retail Conference highlights need for hero stories

April 5, 2025
Rebecca Harvey

Co-operatives UK hosted its annual event after another year that saw the consumer retail sector come…

Community business

Community Shares Booster Fund extended past end of year

March 7, 2025
Miles Hadfield

Access - the Foundation for Social Investment has added £560k to the fund, for allocation by…

Uncategorized

International co-op fund unveils logo produced by Sewa Federation

February 25, 2025
Miles Hadfield

The logo features the dandelion as a 'symbol of hope, healing and resilience'

Health

CCIN calls to put co-op ideas into action at annual conference

February 21, 2025
Miles Hadfield

The event presented a new co-op development toolkit and the findings of the Greenwich Co-operative Commission…

Development

Meet … Caleb Elliott, co-operative and democratic business advisor

February 11, 2025
Co-operative News

Co-ops offer freedom from oppressive power structures – but need to work harder when it comes to…

Development

Gen Z want employers with a postive impact, Co-operatives UK study finds

January 24, 2025
Alice Toomer-McAlpine

18-27 year old are looking beyond the pay packet when it comes to choosing work

Uncategorized

2024 in review: Headlines from the co-op world

December 31, 2024
Miles Hadfield

A look back over some of the stories affecting the co-op sector during another turbulent year

Federations and co-op apexes

2024 End of Year Q&A: Rose Marley 

December 28, 2024
Rebecca Harvey

CEO, Co-operatives UK

History

Movie short celebrates UK co-op movement’s history on film

December 19, 2024
Alice Toomer-McAlpine

Co-operative Cinema: A Movement in Moving Image premiered in Manchester on 5 December

Consumer co-op

Remembering Emma Howard 

December 9, 2024
Rebecca Harvey

Emma Howard, a thinker, doer, scientist and co–operator has died aged 35 after a short illness. 

Federations and co-op apexes

Key takeaways from Co-operatives UK’s 2024 Practitioners Forum

December 5, 2024
Anca Voinea

The event focused on five key themes: governance, membership, finance, HR and communications