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Co-op Group launches Covid-19 fund to support communities

The fund was kick-started with a donation from CEO Steve Murrells

Covid-19 is posing governance challenges

A number of co-ops have had to postpone their AGMs while others are hosting virtual meetings

Covid-19: Updates from the co-op movement for 9 April

Developments from the UK, Kenya and New Zealand

Heart of England Co-op donation helps hospice cope with Covid-19 funding gap

The retailer donated £36,000 to its charity partner Zoë’s Place Baby Hospice in Coventry

Co-op Group sells the Big Issue as Covid-19 halts street vending

The retailer will replicate the agreement street sellers have with the magazine, whereby they receive 50%…

Rishi Sunak announces £750m support for charities and social enterprises

Locality and Social Enterprise UK warn the sum falls short of the £4bn hold in the…

Co-op Group launches platform to support community response to Covid-19

'I’m confident we’ll come through this and the experience will serve to remind us of the…

Co-ops and Covid-19: Supply chain issues for small or remote stores

The coronavirus pandemic 'has meant a very testing time for community businesses everywhere'

Covid-19: Co-op updates, 7 April

Updates from Kenya, Australia and Denmark and, from the UK, the EOA, Co-op College and Social…

Co-op Party MPs and peers take places in Starmer’s shadow cabinet

'Working together, the Labour and co-operative movements will continue to be a powerful force for positive…

Co-ops and crisis: Collecting modern records so the future can learn from the past

'Understanding history helps us plan for the future'

Two Labour & Co-op MPs join Starmer’s shadow cabinet

Anneliese Dodds is the first woman to be appointed shadow chancellor