Co-operatives UK launched the fundraising drive to give on-the-ground support for co-ops and credit unions
Lincolnshire Co-op reports strong year despite hit to its NHS pharmacy income
Total sales rose 3.5% to £312m with a healthy performance in food stores but trading surplus…
National Cooperative Business Association appoints president and chief executive
Doug O’Brien takes over from Judy Ziewacz, who retires on 31 December
Co-op Group opens five branches across Scotland
The £3.4m investment forms part of the retailer’s £11m 2017 store expansion plan and is set…
Organic farm co-op aims to be world’s largest food producer to use 100% renewable energy
Organic Valley is creating a solar partnership that is set to increase overall usage in Wisconsin…
£8m community development programme launched to grow co-ops
The five-year programme from Co-operatives UK and Power to Change will look at ways to build…
UAE’s Union Coop launches new online shopping service
The site currently offers household appliances and electrical goods but there are also plans to begin…
Midcounties funeral business offers ‘envionmentally friendly’ coffin
The coffins, made in Gloucester by LifeArt, use waste and offcut forestry wood and produce lower…
Wisconsin dairy co-ops join effort to send supplies to victims of Hurricane Irma
Cheesemakers from the state have joined forces to send food to those affected by the storm…
Another threatened local pub transfers to community ownership
The Gardeners Rest in Neepsend, Sheffield, has been bought by its regulars after a community share…
Co-op venue Unity Works goes into administration
Seven staff have been made redundant and a buyer is being sought for the leasehold on…
Co-op Party call to turn RBS into a building society
The Co-op Party chairman told its centenary conference there was a need for stronger challengers to…
