United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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DevelopmentWales Co-op Centre reports on 2016-17 impact
Over the past 12 months the organisation has worked across three main areas: supporting local businesses; tackling poverty and promoting inclusion
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SectorCentral England Co-op celebrates £500k investment in former Wooldale stores
The society has taken on three former stores from the Wooldale Co-op, with 40 staff transferred between the societies
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DemocracyTom Greatrex elected chair of football body Supporters Direct
The former Labour/Co-op MP’s previous involvement in the fan-ownership movement saw him co-found the Fulham Supporters Trust
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CommunityGovernment’s funeral fund plans ‘don’t go far enough’, says co-op-backed campaign
Plans to help those who cannot afford their farewells to loved ones have been criticised by the Fair Funerals Campaign
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BusinessEmployers meet Jo Cox Foundation as Co-op Group continues its campaign on loneliness
A study from the Group, which sits on the commission, found that loneliness costs UK businesses £2.5bn a year
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CommunityHow Co-op stores are showing support for their Para Athletics colleague Carly Tait
Branches in the wheelchair athlete’s home town Manchester have added a good-luck hashtag to their fascia to cheer her on
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EqualityCo-op Group to continue advertising in the Mail, Express and Sun
Campaigners such as Stop Funding Hate want the retailer to withdraw its ads from the three papers but the Group says it will work to promote positive messages
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CommunityCaring through sharing: New approach to social care wins the 2017 Co-op Pitches
Emma Adelaide Black made the winning pitch for CareShare, an online platform to match care workers with users
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Banking and InsuranceCo-op Bank to pay £15m to sale advisors despite opting for bailout instead, say reports
City advisors Bank of America Merrill Lynch and BAML negotiated the deal to find a buyer when the Bank put itself up for sale in February
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Regional OrganisationsCo-operative Congress hears inspirational co-op stories of a more human way of working
Rosie Wilkinson, from Leeds Bread Co-op, Mark Hooper from Indycube and Jenny Carlyle from Suma told Congress about their co-ops