Midcounties announces operating profit of £5.4m for half year

CEO Phil Ponsonby said management teams continued to work towards the co-op's long-term objectives despite the…

Meet … Mike Smyth, chair of Energy4All

Community energy 'helps to engage local people, retain wealth and compensates people with a share of…

Co-op Group responds to lorry driver shortage with apprenticeship scheme

'We’ll be able to help driver recruitment by attracting new talent and make the sector more…

Joint co-op youth education project to focus on working with disabilities

The scheme has been developed by the Co-op College, in partnership with Co-op Academy Southfield, with…

International co-op research effort focuses on data and governance

Researchers, co-op leaders and activists are looking at how co-ops, trusts and other collaborative models can…

Co-op Group scores twice at the Grocer Gold Awards

The Group won for its campaign on food poverty and its GRO vegan range

Midlands retail co-ops join up to support Birmingham Pride

Colleagues from Central England, Midcounties and the Co-op Group attended the event

Can co-ops help Germany tackle the challenges of Energiewende?

Dr Andreas Wieg, of the German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation, assesses the state of the national…

Social Business Wales awards see top gongs go to youth ventures

'You are changing Wales and the world in a positive way through the power of social…

Community energy sector seeks a stake in Scottish offshore wind

The Falck Renewables, Ørsted and BlueFloat Energy consortium has applied to build floating windfarms and will…

‘We need to move from consumption to collaboration’: Ecology CEO looks back

We speak to Paul Ellis, chief executive of Ecology, as he prepares to step down after…

New business models in community energy

Phil Beardmore looks at some of the new co-op projects which are working towards the carbon…