First meeting of Andy Burnham’s commission for a co-operative Manchester

Commissioners want to 'spread opportunities brought by growth to people across the region'

Four Co-op Party MPs quit the Labour Party as part of breakaway group

Mike Gapes, Luciana Berger, Gavin Shuker and Chris Leslie join four Labour MPs and three Tories…

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…