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Media Co-op among winners at Social Enterprise Awards Scotland

The Glasgow-based worker co-op, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, has produced more than 1,000 films

Media co-op Great Central Gazette looks to revive local journalism in Leicester

The co-op model adds transparency over funding and how stories are created, says managing editor Rhys…

Co-ops join MPs’ calls for more government support for local journalism

Longer-term funding that reaches smaller titles is needed, says the report

The Canary news website switches to a workers’ co-op structure

The radical site has adopted the sociocracy model of governance and says the change is ‘as…

NewsSocial: A platform for news sharing and community wealth building

Available on the Apple and Google Play stores, the mobile app enables users to exchange news,…

Co-ops and the commons: imagining a ‘People’s Media’

What role could co-operativism have to play in a UK media commons?

Clash of values at left-wing journal

A war of words broke out at US magazine Current Affairs after staff called for it…

Retail co-ops sign up to soft plastic collection scheme

Items such as crisp packets and pet food pouches, which have been hard to recycle, can…

Meet: Judy Saunders

Judy is the newly elected president of Chelmsford Star Co-operative

Department store costs see Chelmsford Star report £3.5m loss

The society made a trading profit of £1.9m but faced exceptional costs at its Chelmsford and…

New Internationalist offers community shares to fund its Covid-19 recovery

The co-op aims to increase resilience by welcoming more subscriber numbers

Chelmsford Star Co-op hits target for 25% cut in energy use

Measures include the installation of LED lighting and refrigerator doors, and the sourcing of renewable energy