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Midcounties placing members at the heart of its community investment strategy

Member engagement is key to involving local communities across a co-op’s trading area, says Midcounties Co-operative’s community and…

Our view: Caring for the community through collaboration

Co-operatives abide by the principle to care for the community, but how are they actually doing…

Global Co-operative Youth Forum launches manifesto

Young co-operators met up in Bulgaria for the Consumer Co-operatives Worldwide Global Youth Forum. The event…

Should co-ops call themselves social enterprises?

It is often assumed that co-operatives are social enterprises – but this is still subject of…

Investing in the co-operative movement

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

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.…

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…

Who controls and owns the Co-operative Group?

Eight million members own at least £1 each in the Co-operative Group. But another portion of…

How much do co-operatives pay their directors?

While it is hard to make broad comparisons on how businesses choose to remunerate their directors,…