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Co-ops, generative AI and the creative industries

How co-ops are responding to the challenges and opportunities posed by AI in the creative sector

How are co-ops dealing with AI and the retail revolution?

We speak to analyst Emma Howard - of Co-operatives UK, East of England Co-op, and Open…

Tanzanian, Ugandan, and Kenyan co-operators pilot new ILO training

The training is designed to improve the management and sustainability of co-operatives

Locality launches election manifesto for ‘commmunity power revolution’

'We need a positive vision for the future and to reconnect our national debate with the…

Meet … R. Trebor Scholz, founding director of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium

'While the co-operative principles have the potential to profoundly transform the digital economy, co-operatives are, in…

Peace Pledge Union launches educational activity pack for Remembrance Sunday

The activity pack was developed in collaboration with the Woodcraft Folk

US credit unions are more likely to have a female CEO than banks

Around 51% of US credit union CEOs, and 36% of board members in the sector, are…

Co-ops respond to MEP votes on carbon, packaging waste and pesticides

Agricultural co-op apexes Copa and Cogeca and consumer co-op body Euro Coop had different views on…

Global Innovation Co-op Summit looks to strengthen international co-op community

'We normally try to reach people's minds but maybe we need to capture people's hearts with…

Co-ops on the agenda at the International Conference of Labour Statisticians

Speakers identified the need for more work on co-op statistics in different countries and for working…

Community businesses defy cost pressures to keep social purpose, says Plunkett report

'Times are hard for all businesses right now, but to see what the community-ownership sector continues…

Ethical banking conference discusses role of financial institutions in driving sustainability

Febear's annual conference, hosted by the Cooperative Bank of Chania, discussed lending initiatives, innovation and communication