Features

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…

Andy Burnham: Manchester mayor on devolution, climate change and co-ops

In an interview with Co-op News, Mr Burnham says the co-op sector could feed into the…

Claire McCarthy looks back on her time at the helm of the Co-op Party

'I’ve been inspired by some of the exciting innovations taking place at local government level ...…

Obituary: Philip Jones, secretary of United Norwest and United Co-operatives

'Not only did Phil hold a remarkable number of senior roles; he carried them out with…