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22 May '12

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Global NewsThe Week in Review: Fairtrade, Ireland and #LittleClayMen

Co-ops around the world joined together to support World Fairtrade Day on Saturday 12 May, Ireland has had a busy week for co-ops as they held a national conference and in the UK a digital arts festival celebrating co-operation and collaboration started on Wednesday.

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Nelson Araujo works as a greengrocer at People's Supermarket

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SpainPeople's Supermarket rings through changes with expansion plans

Pioneering London retail co-operative, The People’s Supermarket, has announced its ambition to open more stores following the success of its Holborn shop which opened two ...

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United KingdomWales: Creating jobs, sharing wealth and tackling injustice

It is the time of year when we reflect on what has been achieved at the Wales Co-operative Centre over the last twelve months and think about what the New Year holds.

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Global NewsCo-ops lend a creative hand to freelancers

A roadshow promoting how co-operatives can help create opportunities for freelancers who face a difficult job market is set to travel across the country over the next few weeks.

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Global News'No' campaign's apology to Co-op MP

Leading Labour/Co-op MP and former minister Alun Michael has received an apology from the cross-party No2AV campaign after his name appeared in a list of 114 Labour MPs said to be against the constitutional change to be decided in a national referendum on May 5th.

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United KingdomFollow the web's co-operative.connections '” October

What are co-ops doing on the web? Find out here.

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Global NewsBig Society or Big Con?

Two leading Labour/Co-op MPs have led the attacks on the Coalition Government’s plans to reform public service provision via its Big Society agenda.

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United KingdomA Co-operative Approach

Well our first President's Blog certainly caused interest and provoked much telephone and email traffic which was all positive.

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Global NewsParty reports £41k deficit

Despite a small increase in membership and enhanced contributions from several retail societies, the Co-operative Party reported a loss of £41,804 for the year ended December 31st 2009.

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Global News'Party is in great shape despite poll defeat'

Just over 100 days since the Con/Lib Dem Coalition came to power, Gareth Thomas remains in optimistic mood.

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