Scholarships on offer for MSc in co-ops, food and sustainability

The course is run at the Centre for Co-operative Studies at University College Cork

Meet … Robert Kelly, chief executive of Abcul

'The principle of co-operation between co-operatives is hugely important for small businesses like ours to remain…

Co-operative Retail Conference will look at Brexit, new tech and sustainability

Looking ahead to next month’s event, organised by Co-operatives UK

The state of retail: Japanese consumer-run co-op takes the sustainable route

'We have been creating the materials we need for our daily life through collaboration ... and…

The slow death of the Cyprus Co-op Bank

'Decisive intervention to save the bank never happened: yet earlier political intervention to influence lending practices…

£1m handed out to match community shares raised in England

The latest scheme to benefit is Projekts MCR, a skate park in Manchester’s inner city

Case study: New retail models at the Co-op Group

As part of our look at the changing face of retail, here's some new innovations at…

Scotmid Co-op joins this year’s national spring clean

Nine of the society’s stores will act as hubs for Keep Scotland Beautiful’s litter-picking campaign

Back to the roots: A new group of Rochdale Pioneers set up shop to answer austerity

'I’ve been in situation where I couldn't afford to eat, and now I’m giving a bit…

Future Co-ops: A fun but focused search for ways to spread the co-op message

Barbara Rainford looks back at this year’s event, organised by development consultancy Co-operative Futures to promote…

How do we make co-operative deserts bloom?

This year’s Future Co-ops movement saw a series of creative sessions to develop new strategies to…

Co-op Group returns to the life insurance market

The mutual will be working with Royal London on the project as it continues its return…