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Credit Unions

Starmer government sets out plans for credit union reform

March 18, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Community & Development

Stirchley Co-op Development project under threat

March 18, 2026
Rebecca Harvey
The site was designed for co-op business and residential use but is facing financial shortfalls after costs overran
Development

Principle 5 plans launch for journal of political co-operation

March 18, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Co-opolitics will look at ‘how co-operative institutions can address some of the structural problems facing Britain’
Agriculture

Fonterra pays tribute to CEO Miles Hurrell as he steps down

March 17, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Federations and co-op apexes

Canadian co-op sector to hold annual congress in June

March 16, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Politics & Legal

Cwmpas urges co-op sector to engage with new-look Sennedd

March 16, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Energy

REScoop gives guarded welcome for EU’s Citizens Energy Package

March 13, 2026
Ciarán Daly

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Community business

Plunkett UK opens entries for its community business awards

March 16, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Federations and co-op apexes

European retail co-op leaders meet with MEPs to discuss food policy

March 13, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Development

South Korea launches support programme for small co-ops

March 13, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Community

Lincolnshire Co-op delivers funding boost for 42 food banks

March 13, 2026
Ciarán Daly
Energy

Solar plant win for Hawaiian energy co-operative

March 12, 2026
Ciarán Daly
Agriculture

New Iffco plant heads list of co-op initiatives in Odisha, India

March 12, 2026
Ciarán Daly

Spotlight: Co-operation in times of displacement

Community business

PINF Forum explores the future of independent local news

November 4, 2025
Anca Voinea
Development

Securing livelihoods while preserving Palestine’s art of embroidery 

August 11, 2025
Anca Voinea
Development

Britain’s co-op sector is lagging behind – so what can it learn from abroad?

July 30, 2025
Anca Voinea

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Education

Shaping co-operative leaders through co-operative academic education

November 13, 2025
Anca Voinea
Pursuing a postgraduate degree while working full-time can be both challenging and rewarding, something graduates of the International Centre for Co-operative Management (ICCM) at Saint Mary’s University know too well. …
Agriculture

Why co-operatives are key to climate and development

November 13, 2025
Co-operative News
By Pamela Coke-Hamilton, executive director of ITC, and Fátima Torres, president of the UNICAFES Confederation

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