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Ones to watch from 2016: Trends and technologies

This year, Co-operative News looked at innovation across the co-operative sector. From new technologies to new…

Local government workers set to form digital co-op

A local government network of digital workers is exploring use of the co-op model to further its…

Co-op Food stores ATMs ‘criminal proof’ after partnership with tech company

The Co-op Group has teamed up with a forensic technology company SmartWater to roll-out a new…

Could blockchain technology put co-ops at the front of the digital revolution?

Emerging technology was a recurring theme at the International Summit of Co-operatives in Quebec last month, where delegates…

International Summit of Cooperatives – Preview Day 2, Wednesday 12 October

The second day of the International Summit of Cooperatives will see delegates engage in discussions on…

Social innovation and the social and solidarity economy

Simel Esim and Waltteri Katajamaki from the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Cooperatives Unit look at the importance…

When big co-ops fail

The international co-operative movement has seen a series of catastrophic failures of large scale co-operatives in…

What we could learn from French co-ops

Shame to see plans for SeaFrance to become a worker co-op have run aground.  This is…