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22 May '12

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Betty, a smallholder co-operative farmer from Kenya

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United KingdomCo-operative Group asks Government to champion smallholder farmers

Smallholder farmers are at the forefront of a new campaign led by the Co-operative Group in association with Oxfam.

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Jim Pettipher from Cooperative Futures with a draft copy of the 'From 2 to 20' report

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United KingdomFrom 2 to 20: Promoting the development of the co-operative economy

The 2011 Future Co-operatives conference inspired, the From 2 to 20 plan, which has been co-written with and published on behalf of the UK’s 30 or so co-operative ...

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On the set of the Rochdale Pioneers film actors Andrew London (centre), who plays William Cooper, Jordan Dawes (right), who plays Samuel Ashworth and, John Henshaw (left), who plays John Holt, recreate the 'wheelbarrow journey'

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United KingdomThat's a wrap: Rochdale Pioneers film finishes shooting

Filming has wrapped on the Rochdale Pioneers film, which tells the story of the 28 working men who helped found the modern-day co-operative movement.

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Alan Keen has died aged 73

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United KingdomA tribute to Alan Keen

Alan Keen, Labour and Co-operative Party MP for Feltham and Heston since 1992, died on 10th November at the age of 73. He was a fine man: a Labour man, a co-operator, a trade ...

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Robert Oakeshott

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United KingdomThe extraordinary life of Robert Oakeshott

What can we say about such an extraordinary fellow who lived such an extraordinary life?

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Global NewsRegister your free 2012 .coop domain now!

National co-operative committees are being formed around the world to celebrate 2012  and the Internet is a great way to communicate IYC activities. That is why the ICA, In ...

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Global NewsRichardson to quit Group role

Co-operative Financial Services Chief Executive Neville Richardson is to leave his post later this year.

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Global NewsDivine does Glastonbury

  Like other performers doing Glastonbury for the first time, we were all set for the most exciting gig of our lives.  After fretting over weather forecasts for weeks, we had ...

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Global NewsCo-operatives eclipse UK economy

Figures reveal that the co-operative sector outperformed the wider UK economy last year.

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Global NewsMidcounties Co-operative post record profit

Midcounties Co-operative, Britain’s second biggest independent society, has announced a record profit of £26 million for the year ended January 22nd.

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