The Global News Hub for Co-operatives
23 May '12

Content about Northern Ireland

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United KingdomSize and sectors of the UK Worker Cooperative Movement

John Atherton, Membership Officer for Cooperatives UK and blogger has posted a great map of the worker cooperatives in the UK, including his own calculations of business ...

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United KingdomCo-operatives can raise more funds in credit union legislation change

Co-operatives now enjoy exciting new opportunities in legislation which need to be explored by directors and executives. 

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United KingdomUK co-operatives unite to launch the International Year

Co-operative organisations and retail societies have come together to get the 2012 UN-backed International Year of Co-operatives off to a flying start in the UK.

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The Co-operative Group, which funds the Co-operative Enterprise Hub, pays tribute to fallen employees with a memorial inside the Old Bank Building in Manchester

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United KingdomSoldiers co-operate for post-war support

Many co-operatives and co-operators will this month be remembering those lost in war. For one Yorkshire co-operative that remembering goes on all year round.

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United KingdomFenwick set to mark big day

A number of well-known Co-operative Movement figures are set to attend celebrations to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Fenwick Weavers Society in the Ayrshire village on March 14th.

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United KingdomActivist bids for MSP role

Co-operative activist Kevin Hutchens has been selected to stand as Labour candidate for Angus North and the Mearns in the Scottish Parliament elections on May 5th.

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United KingdomGroup set for 'Year of Co-ops' celebrations

The Co-operative Group has announced wide-ranging plans to support the United Nations’ ‘Year of Co-operatives’ events and celebrations in 2012.

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United KingdomIan's Co-op instincts and analysis will be missed

Just a few months after his retirement from the University of Ulster, Ian Pyper, Chair of the UK Society for Co-operative Studies, has died.

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United KingdomNI Assembly to set up co-ops group

The Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfast is set to become the latest devolved administration to establish a cross-party group on co-operatives and mutuals.

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United KingdomGroup's Larne superstore plan

The Co-operative Group has applied for planning permission to demolish its existing food store in Larne, Northern Ireland, and build a new 5,600 sq metre superstore on the site.

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