A collection of essays which look at emerging markets such as the BRICS, and ask how…
Co-op Group comes to the rescue as Costcutter’s supplier P&H collapses
The Group will supply 2,200 outlets in the retail network from next spring, and is looking…
Employee Ownership Awards praise sector’s top performing businesses
The Employee Ownership Association held the ceremony at its annual conference, with Rochdale Boroughwide Housing among…
Snapshots in time: Looking back at 12 early examples of co-operation
Ed Mayo from Co-operatives UK has just published a history of co-operation – and finds cases…
Our view: What is the future of the International Co-operative Alliance?
With a new leadership and the Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade nearing its end, there are…
What do Quaker and co-operative businesses have in common?
'The Rochdale Principles bear more than a passing resemblance to the Quaker testimonies, which are equality,…
SHRUB co-op wins Climate Challenge Fund Award
The co-op currently has over 330 members, with 1,000 people using the shop regularly and 3,800…
Fonterra launches environment plan to improve waterways
By 2025 all of its farmers will have a farm environmental plan as part of their…
Community First Credit Union passes the $1bn mark
'Our sustainable expansion demonstrates confident support from our members. We have backed this up with consistent…
Community-owned Hastings Pier enters administration
The award-winning project, which restored the fire-damaged site and reopened it last year, hit financial difficulties…
Government invests £60m in community-led housing schemes
'It is a massive and potentially paradigm-shifting opportunity for our sector to develop new co-operative and…
WOCCU continues its relief efforts for storm-hit Caribbean
The credit union body has raised more than $100,000 in two months to help those affected…
