UK credit unions trial green lending to power home retrofits

They are working with organisations such as People Powered Retrofit and Carbon Co-op on the government’s…

Midcounties co-hosts roundtable to tackle youth unemployment

The event, run with social enterprise Miss Macaroon, saw businesses make practical pledges on reducing the…

Credit union acts on financial education and youth homelessness

Manchester CU has launched the Money Hive financial lessons platform with Doshi and donated £2,000 to…

Second CCDS offer from Ecology Building Society now open

The lender is looking to raise up to £6.5m of additional capital to support the next…

Chelmsford Star members make final approval of Central merger

The combined society will operate over 500 trading sites across 23 counties, with a turnover of…

Plunkett UK and Wates Developments launch community business plan

The partnership will work to embed community-owned assets into new developments and create solutions for vacant…

Co-op Group launches chain of food-for-now stores

The smaller stores will open 7am-7pm and be sited in areas with high footfall, offering on-the…

Co-op Group announces social value strategy

The plan follows a survey where members said they feared the country was becoming more divided…

Lender drops credit union name to rebrand as Northern Community Bank

The former Pennine Community Credit Union wants the new name to reflect its community purpose and…

As the tech revolution accelerates, Project Liberty calls for mutualised data

The co-op model can empower people in a world dominated by tech giants, because it fits…

Co-op Group supports prisoner apprenticeships in bid to cut reoffending

The rail engineering apprenticeships, provided by City & Guilds, will run at HMP Highpoint, after Group…

Co-operators and Desjardins make Canada’s top 50 Corporate Citizens

The ranking for the two co-op giants comes as Corporate Knights hails 'the return of the…