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Lincolnshire Co-op reports strong year despite hit to its NHS pharmacy income

Total sales rose 3.5% to £312m with a healthy performance in food stores but trading surplus…

£8m community development programme launched to grow co-ops

The five-year programme from Co-operatives UK and Power to Change will look at ways to build…

Midcounties funeral business offers ‘envionmentally friendly’ coffin

The coffins, made in Gloucester by LifeArt, use waste and offcut forestry wood and produce lower…

Another threatened local pub transfers to community ownership

The Gardeners Rest in Neepsend, Sheffield, has been bought by its regulars after a community share…

Co-op venue Unity Works goes into administration

Seven staff have been made redundant and a buyer is being sought for the leasehold on…

Awards ceremony recognises social businesses in Wales

Winners of the Social Business Wales Awards include Denbighshire Music Co-operative, which also provided the evening’s…

Study reveals Canadian co-op sector’s work on climate change disclosure

All the organisations surveyed made some form of disclosure but campaigners say there is room for…

Canada is celebrating Co-op Week

Celebrations begin with a flag-raising in Saskatchewan and lead up to an awards dinner for outstanding…

Investment fund opens to boost Canada’s co-ops

Organisations including the Co-operators, Desjardins and Vancity have committed $25m between them to start up the…

UK spacecraft engineering firm boldly goes into the world of employee ownership

Aerospace firm STAR-Dundee, whose tech has been used on dozens of spacecraft, has been transferred to…

Construction firms come together in a co-op success

Sphere 1 co-op provides its members with access to construction accessories

New chief membership officer for the Co-op Group

Saga's chief membership officer is joining the Co-op Group