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Could a deal with Nisa change the Co-op Group’s business model?

As the Group becomes the exclusive bidder for Nisa, how could the two different models merge?

Cool reception for government proposals on pay ratios and worker representation

Critics say the plans have been watered down from Theresa May’s pledge of a mandatory boardroom…

Australian dairy co-op Murray Goulburn up for sale, say reports

The company has just recorded a $370 loss after tax and advisor Deutsche Bank is said…

Co-op Group enters exclusive talks to merge with Nisa

Following a stall in talks with Sainsbury's, Nisa has granted the Co-op Group a period of…

Co-op covers cost of ‘tampon tax’

The Co-op Group joins Tesco and Waitrose in covering the cost of the 5% 'tampon tax'

Relaxation of audit rules could save UK co-ops up to £10,000 a year

The government is consulting on proposals to increase the threshold at which co-ops have to produce…

Nominations open for Social Business Wales Awards 2017

The ceremony in October will celebrate a sector which is worth an estimated £2.37bn to the…

Obituary: Barbara Dure 1925-2017, veteran of the retail co-op movement

The final president of the Plymouth and South-West Society spent her life promoting progressive politics and…

Midcounties to launch new corporate travel business

The society hopes Co-op Travel Management will fill a gap in a market dominated by big…

ILO forms global commission to understand changes to the world of work

Twenty experts from around the globe will prepare a report for the ILO, which earlier this…

Co-op Group re-enters talks with Nisa after Sainsbury’s pauses takeover plan

The supermarket giant had emerged as preferred bidder but put talks on hold over concerns about…

Unite ballots drivers at Co-op Group depot over alleged dismissal of disabled workers

The Group says it made efforts to find alternative roles for the workers at its West…