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UK’s Shambala music festival switches to employee ownership

'In an increasingly commercialised festival scene, we simply could not sell to venture capitalists or the…

East of England Co-op launches reusable bags designed by local children

'Every competition entry we saw put a smile on our faces and these six winners are…

OurCoop follows its merger with launch of six new sites

The retail society has opened four food sites and two travel branches, creating more than 50…

Co-op Group and Southern Co-op to join forces

Writing exclusively for Co-op News, Kate Allum (Co-op Group) and Ben Stimson (Southern) share their perspective…

Co-op taxi app launched in Belgium to challenge the Uber model

Uride, launched by the Unit taxi co-op, already has 200 registered drivers and hopes to eventually…

Heavyweight survey of the world’s worker co-op movement

Colin Talbot reviews a major new work on the global co-op movement, edited by Bruno Roelants,…

Co-op lender closes in on target to boost revolving fund

Over £25,000 has already been raised as Icof Community Capital (ICC) aims to reach a £600,000…

Lincolnshire Co-op community fund raises £182k for local causes

The cash comes from divi card giving, colleague fundraising and customer donations

Welsh social enterprise launches co-op housing to tackle youth homelessness 

Neath-based Sunflower Lounge is backed by organisations including development agency Cwmpas and Tai Tarian housing co-op

Shirine Khoury-Haq to leave UK’s Co-op Group amid £126m loss

The losses were announced on the back of a challenging year marked by cyber threats and…

Angela Rayner backs co-op housing push in new report

The former deputy PM has put her support behind Co-operative Party proposals to expand community-led housing

Project Liberty spotlights data co-ops in Southeast Asia

The institute is looking to position the model as an alternative to today’s centralised digital economy