The UK’s Co-operative Bank is working with consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to sell some of its non-core…
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Show filtersObituary: Tom Agar, former Co-op Bank chair and Lincolnshire CEO
Tom Agar, 1931 to 2016 Lincolnshire Co-operative has released news of the death of Tom Agar, chief executive of the…
Mutual Guarantee Societies Bill passes first reading in Parliament
A ten-minute rule bill to make provisions for the creation of mutual guarantee societies has passed…
Co-op leaders hit out at government over “unfair” pension fees
Some of the UK’s largest co-operatives will continue to suffer “arbitrary and unfair” Pension Protection Fund (PPF) charges…
Britain’s first authors’ co-operative launches
The first author-run publishing co-operative in Britain has launched with the publication of two titles. Gritstone…
£2,000 prize announced for platform co-op start-ups
A £2,000 start-up grant is on offer to budding digital co-operatives, who have been invited to…
NFU Mutual partners up with defence providers to safeguard against fraud
The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society has teamed up with technology-led defence providers BAE Systems…
Co-op Party chair calls for mutualisation of Royal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland should be mutualised to overhaul the culture of the bank and bolster…
What social reporting is – and why it matters
Social return on investment (SROI) is a methodology for calculating the monetary value of the impact…
European Commission fines Crédit Agricole for allegedly taking part in Euribor cartel
The world’s largest co-operative by turnover, Crédit Agricole, has been fined €114.7m by the European Commission for participating…
Co-op Group launches report into tackling loneliness
The Co-op Group is continuing its campaign to tackle loneliness with a new report into the potential…
Indian co-operative bank responds to demonetisation by launching mobile app
A co-operative bank in Kerala, India, has found an innovative solution to the country’s liquidity problem…