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Co-operatives UK launches its new National Co-operative Development Strategy

The strategy, drawn up after two years of research, looks at areas such as social care,…

The Big Debate: How are co-ops caring for communities at a time of crisis?

As austerity cuts take hold in the UK's social services, and demographic changes bring a new…

Lincolnshire Co-op colleagues and customers raise £144,000 for local hospices

Fundraising efforts included a sponsored pedometer challenge and dividend card donations

How are co-operatives ensuring no one is left behind?

As this year’s International Day of Co-operatives takes the theme of inclusion, we look at the…

Leaving no one behind: tenants and home-owners in Wales

The Welsh government sees co-ops as playing a key role in providing 20,000 affordable homes during…

Leaving no one behind: small producers in the East of England

The co-op has just showcased ten of them women producers included in its Sourced Locally initiative

‘We need to build a better economy – and we need to do it ourselves’

Dame Pauline Green explains more about the new national development strategy for co-ops, led by Co-operatives…

Which are the world’s most co-operatively minded countries?

New research for the International Day of Co-operatives maps the prevalence of co-op values around the…

2017 Co-operative of the Year award winners announced

Three worker-owned organisations - Suma Wholefoods, Daily Bread Co-operative and The New Leaf Co-operative - receive…

150 years of Chelmsford Star: Book celebrates a truly local co-op

A fascinating account of the society’s history and the innovations it has seen, from motorised transport…

Co-op Group opens applications for local causes to support

The scheme, part of the Group’s 5 and 1 membership offer, has already raised £14m for…

Employee ownership: The business model of the future?

'We believe that employees should use capital rather than capital using employees'