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Co-ops rally for workers this May Day

We hear from the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, Europe's Cecop and the UK's workers.coop

Bid launched to buy the UK’s latest community pub

A community benefit society based in Wadsworth, West Yorkshire, wants to buy the Hare and Hounds…

Lincolnshire Co-op reports half-year sales drop but is ahead of earning target

Underperformance in food was offset by strong results in the society’s funerals, pharmacy and property divisions

Southern Co-op says merger with Co-op Group is key to society’s survival

'If the merger does not go ahead, the most likely outcome is that Southern Co-op will…

OurCoop partnerships generate enough renewable power for 65,000 homes

The society supports more than 380 power purchase agreements with 100 community energy organisations

Scotmid defies supply chain issues to grow sales to £432m

Disruption from the cyber attack on the Co-op Group hit profits but the society reports improvements…

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,…