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Show filtersObituary: Bruce Thordarson (1948-2018), former director general of the ICA
Mr Thordarson 'will be remembered as a remarkably staunch advocate for co-operatives all around the world'
New documentary tells the story of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen
The 45 minute documentary pays tribute to the founder of co-operative banking
Co-op banks celebrate Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen’s 200th birthday
The founding father of credit co-operatives founded a lending bank in 1864, to tackle loan shark…
Steam railway operator selling community shares to form a rail co-op
Vintage Trains, which runs a fleet of locomotives around the country, needs to raise £800,000 by…
East of England Co-op celebrates 150 years of co-operation
'We’ve never been afraid to try new things and adapt to change, and our story involves…
Book review: Women’s Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain 1918-1939
Edinburgh University Press, 2018
How immigrants built Britain’s community businesses
From Jewish immigrants through to African-Caribbean radicals, there have been waves of inspirational people who have…
How Georgia’s forgotten revolution pointed the way to a co-operative economy
'A Marxist party carrying out a democratic socialist revolution in an entire country? I know of…
Snapshots in time: Looking back at 12 early examples of co-operation
Ed Mayo from Co-operatives UK has just published a history of co-operation – and finds cases…
What do Quaker and co-operative businesses have in common?
'The Rochdale Principles bear more than a passing resemblance to the Quaker testimonies, which are equality,…
Distribution of white poppies in schools causes controversy
White poppies, first worn by the Women’s Co-operative Guild in 1933, are a symbol of peace…
