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The Long Read: 2024 Co-operative Congress

Action, education and working better together

Co-op and mutual leaders call for political support as UK election looms

Sector leaders have written to the main party leaders, urging them to put the business model…

West Midlands Ownership Hub launches with initial focus on creative sector

Newly elected Labour/Co-op mayor Richard Parker will work with sector bodies on the regional ownership hub,…

Go Green fund launched for co-ops and community businesses

New funding opportunity for co-ops supports energy-efficiency measures

Co-op Fortnight to focus on alternative routes to climate action

The Fortnight, from 24 June - 7 July, follows the Co-op Congress in Birmingham, held on…

Breaking down the barriers: Co-ops UK calls for evidence to lobby for change

'“Everywhere we look, we find polices and processes created solely with companies in mind ... Now it…

Impact of community shares model increasing across the UK

More than 100 communities applied to the Booster Fund for support and investment in 2023

Future Economy Alliance launches its Business Plan for Britain

The report includes a number of co-ops as examples of how a future economy could look

Can co-ops beat the cash crisis threatening the UK’s regions?

Campaigns from Cles, Co-operatives UK, Save Birmingham and the Co-op Party are calling for new models…

Retail conference explores health and social care – and the impact of AI on retailing

Discussion ranged from retail sector trends to AI, diversity, sustainability and crime

UKSCS conference looks at principle 6 and ways to build a co-op ecosystem

The event included updates on worker co-ops, accounting, building societies and the UKSCS's own journal

Jeremy Hunt budget does too little for co-ops say sector representatives

Community business and co-ops need more support, say sector bodies, although there was a welcome for…