How US electric co-ops are developing energy storage capacity

Projects include an innovative VRFB system, an alternative to lithium-ion batteries, being trialled by Georgia's Snapping…

Can co-ops help end capital extraction in the UK care system?

A report from the Centre for Local Economic Strategies calls on councils to redirect their care…

EU’s CAP plan ‘jeopardises’ Irish farming co-ops, warns co-op apex

Cuts to the Common Agricultural Policy could pose a ‘severe’ risk to agri co-ops, says Icos

US co-operators head to Capitol Hill to lobby lawmakers

Topics of discussion at the NCBA Clusa event included co-op tax status, employee ownership, housing and…

Desjardins signs deal to take over global investor Guardian Capital

The credit union federation says the deal marks a “significant milestone” in its bid to strengthen…

European agri co-ops launch petition against single fund CAP

'Agriculture plays a key stabilising role - and we cannot jeopardise its future with budgetary short…

Tanzania launches national co-op bank to ‘transform financial landscape’

The country also held a national forum looking at ways to strengthen its co-operative sector

How Coop Exchange wants to revolutionise access to capital

'We wanted to try to create a space where co-ops can compete on a level playing…

Members’ money: UK retail societies and withdrawable share capital

From their earliest beginnings, co-operatives were set up to meet the needs of people, not to…

Can co-ops bridge a divided UK political landscape?

We look at what co-ops have to offer and how co-op ways of working can foster…

Scotmid and Capital Credit Union celebrate partnership during Co-operatives Fortnight

The two Edinburgh-based co-ops met to mark over 20 years of financially empowering members

Co-op Loan Fund provides accountancy worker co-op with growth capital

Third Sector Accountancy will use the money to continue expanding its client base