A look back over the history of the organisation at the start of its landmark year
Features
Gareth Thomas: Labour should drop water and energy nationalisation
The Labour/Co-op MP says voters were put off by the potential cost of nationalisation and favours…
Ethical challenges for co-ops in the modern retail world
From the need to build industry partnerships to new entrants to the ethical market and the…
Interview: Erskine Holmes, a born co-operator
Co-op News talks to a stalwart of the co-op movement to mark his 80th birthday
Latina trans women form a beauty co-op in NYC
The trio are setting up their own business to escape bullying and discrimination in other workplaces
Cannabis and co-ops, from farming to banking
The liberalisation of cannabis laws in Canada and the US has brought opportunities for co-ops –…
Price wars, mergers, demutualisations: Hard times for the dairy co-op?
After the sale of New Zealand’s Westland co-op, we take a look at the dairy sector…
Meet… Brandi Stankovic of CU Solutions
Brandi Stankovic shares her thoughts on credit unions in the UK and the USA – and…
How can agri co-ops deal with climate change, tough markets and Brexit?
'It’s a tough time being a farmer, but if they are willing to engage we can…
Obituary: Sean Moran and Dave Brooks, leading lights of Radical Routes
Cath Muller remembers two stalwarts of West Yorkshire’s worker co-op movement
Obituary: Alistair Asher, a crucial figure in the Co-op Bank rescue
As general counsel to the Co-op Group, Mr Asher recognised the crisis at the Bank posed…
Ted Howard, architect of the Cleveland Model, on the journey to a new economy
The social justice advocate tells how the lessons he learned from Mondragon to work in a…
