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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…

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…

UK Co-op Congress brings world movement to Rochdale birthplace

Rebecca Harvey and Anca Voinea report from the annual sector gathering, which this year formed part…

Co-op Group supports prisoner apprenticeships in bid to cut reoffending

The rail engineering apprenticeships, provided by City & Guilds, will run at HMP Highpoint, after Group…

Co-op Group completes solar project at its biggest depot

The retailer has fitted more than 6,700 panels at its Biggleswade depot in Bedfordshire as part…

Members back pay rise for Nationwide CEO Debbie Crosbie

The mutual points out that it is much bigger than other building societies and that it…