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Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has launched a Co-operative Group-sponsored initiative to teach British communities about extreme poverty around the world. At the launch of the Global Poverty Project’s ambassador...

Britain’s co-operatives are set to benefit from credit union legislation that allow under-16s to become members and provide an opportunity to raise more capital. New powers for co-operatives and community benefit societies across England,...

The Co-operative Group has submitted a bid for the 632 Lloyds TSB branches that the state-rescued bank is being forced to sell under European Union competition rules. But Co-operative Banking Group Chair Paul Flowers told the News that the...

Specialist West Yorkshire-based wholesalers Suma scooped the prestigious Phillip Baxendale award for People and Culture at the recent Employee Ownership Association conference in Birmingham. Suma, the UK’s largest independent wholefood...

Three-hundred of the world's top co-operatives have generated over $1.6 trillion, according to the Global 300 report launched by the International Co-operative Alliance. The figure, which is comparable to the GDP of the world's ninth...

Co-operatives and mutuals are not doing enough to reward long-standing member relationships, Dennis Deters of Canada’s The Co-operators told the ICMIF conference. Deters said the many large public companies were doing better than co-...

DotCoop, the sponsor of the .coop domain name, has announced the winners of its Global Awards for the promotion of 'Co-operative Excellence' through the internet.

The global co-operative movement is lining up behind the 2012 International Year of Co-operatives, says Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance. In the run-up to the United Nations’ official launch of...

Britannia branches, acquired by the Co-operative Group in 2009, are set to receive a rebrand to bring the network under the Co-operative Bank. The merger, brought an additional 245 branches to the Bank's portfolio leaving a total of 342...

A UK co-operative is shouting loud about the International Year of Co-operatives on the side of its distribution trucks. Midlands Co-operative, the second largest consumer co-operative in Britain, is raising awareness of the year with a fifteen-...

Last week I attended the Co-operative Group's inspiring ethical event, which showcased co-operative ways to create a sustainable economy. ‘The co-operative opportunity: how to reboot a sustainable economy took’ launched The Co-...

In a curious parallel to New Zealand’s political landscape, the British Conservative party won power from the British Labour party in 2010 after spending three terms in opposition. Their flagship policy for this election was “The Big Society”,...