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SAOS hires two co-op development managers for Scottish agri-food sector

Claire Dyce joins from SAOS member co-op Grampian Growers, while Adam Forrest worked most recently at…

UK credit unions trial green lending to power home retrofits

They are working with organisations such as People Powered Retrofit and Carbon Co-op on the government’s…

Applications open for Co-operatives UK’s Youth Advisory Group

Deadline for applications is midnight 18 August

Credit union acts on financial education and youth homelessness

Manchester CU has launched the Money Hive financial lessons platform with Doshi and donated £2,000 to…

Second CCDS offer from Ecology Building Society now open

The lender is looking to raise up to £6.5m of additional capital to support the next…

Chelmsford Star members make final approval of Central merger

The combined society will operate over 500 trading sites across 23 counties, with a turnover of…

Plunkett UK and Wates Developments launch community business plan

The partnership will work to embed community-owned assets into new developments and create solutions for vacant…

Co-op Group launches chain of food-for-now stores

The smaller stores will open 7am-7pm and be sited in areas with high footfall, offering on-the…

Co-op Group announces social value strategy

The plan follows a survey where members said they feared the country was becoming more divided…

European co-ops sound the alarm about US-EU trade deal

Co-op leaders in Europe have struck a critical note over the trade deal agreed between the…

Britain’s co-op sector is lagging behind – so what can it learn from abroad?

As ministers look to double the co-op economy, a Co-op Party report draws lessons from Italy,…

Doubling the co-op sector: Where will the growth come from?

Peter Hunt, managing partner at co-op consultancy Mutuo, looks at the implications of Labour's vow to…