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Platform co-ops: ‘Something new is taking off’

Co-op researcher and economist Olivier Frey shares his impressions from the Open Co-op conference

Festival season takes a co-operative turn at Greenbelt 2018

Break out the camping gear for a programme of co-op events at the arts, faith and…

How do we market the co-operative difference?

Co-operatives are a unique form of business, each with a different story. So what’s the best…

Back to school: How education can help the co-op movement grow

We visit the Co-op Academy in Leeds to ask the next generation of potential co-operators what…

New marketing strategy is well versed in the co-op difference

'We wanted to celebrate the diversity and richness of the movement without even thinking of a…

Platform 6: Helping the movement seize its moment

'If we are to double the size of the co-op movement then we need to double…

Co-operatives making a difference through … Sustainable Development

Co-operatives UK secretary general, Ed Mayo, on the role of co-operatives in achieving the Sustainable Development…

Making a difference: agriculture

How is the co-operative model keeping family farming alive in Lincolnshire?

Making a difference: Indigenous co-ops in Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Initiatives range from improving food security to broadband co-ops aimed at narrowing the digital divide

Making a difference: Community ownership is saving pubs

'Co‑operative pubs are a great leveller – they bring people together of all ages, backgrounds, interests,…

Making a difference … Freelancers find a new way of working

Open Data Services formed when four freelancers came together to find a new way of working

What are co-ops doing to tackle security concerns?

Over the last year co-op shops across the UK have been targeted in robberies and ram-raids.…