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22 May '13

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SingaporeSingaporean co-operators honoured in co-op awards

Over 30 co-operators were honoured in the Singapore National Co-operative Federation (SNCF) Honours Awards 2013 on 19 January.

United KingdomThursday: Co-operatives Build A Better World Through Finance

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Following the financial crisis, co-operatives proved to be resilient in all sectors from finance to retail to agriculture. This week the international Co-operative Alliance released the World Co-operative Monitor showing the top 300 co-operatives in the world have a collective turnover of $300 trillion. Participants at Co-operatives United, the global culmination of the International Year of Co-operatives, discussed how co-operatives build a better world through finance. Find out more www.manchester2012.coop/live

Co-ops leaders including Liz Bailey (right, front row) and Dame Pauline Green (second row) at the White House meeting in May

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United StatesNCBA’s interim CEO, Liz Bailey, recognised as an 'outstanding leader' 
by NAHC

The interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Cooperative Business Association, Liz Bailey, has been recognised for outstanding leadership by the National ...

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CanadaMcKinsey report finds strength in co-operative business model

Co-operatives grow at an identical rate to companies, and those mutuals in the food and agricultural have surpassed their corporate counter-parts.

(0)Agriculture, Co-operatives, Consumer, Democracy, Mutuals, Housing, Social Enterprise
United KingdomCo-operative Group Chief Executive Peter Marks set to retire

Chief Executive of the Co-operative Group Peter Marks has announced his retirement for next year.

Dame Pauline Green calls on retail co-ops to be more innovative

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United KingdomLeading a decade of co-operative growth

UK co-operatives can help create a decade of co-operation, according to the President of the International Co-operative Alliance.

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Ben Reid at NRCC

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United KingdomCo-operatives look to join European buying group

Plans for British co-operatives to enter a European-wide buying consortium are being discussed.

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Global NewsNCGA Objects to Proposed Settlement "In Re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation"

news body IOWA CITY, IA (February 26, 2013) – Seven and a half years ago on behalf of its retail co-ops, National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) elected to become a plaintiff in a class action suit alleging unfair practices by credit card and debit card issuers, including charging billions in noncompetitive "swipe" or "interchange" fees to retailers across the country. NCGA was joined in this litigation by eighteen other organizations, including five other national trade associations. ...

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The Co-operative brand is rated as one of the top 500 brands in the UK

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United KingdomCo-operatives are named among the UK's top brands

Co-operatives have been named as part of the UK's top Superbrands.

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Fairtrade activists are being encouraged to march for smallholder farmers

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United KingdomFairtrade campaigns for hungry smallholder farmers

David Cameron is being urged to back smallholder farmers around the world during June’s G8 Summit in Northern Ireland.

(0)Agriculture, Co-operatives, Consumer, Development, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise, Society