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Tameside co-operative pioneers a new approach to sharing digital infrastructure

The co-op is bringing together local authorities, the NHS and local businesses to share digital infrastructure…

Autumn budget: what co-ops need to know

Chancellor Philip Hammond announced a series of measures that could affect co-ops

Co-op answers for a disaffected world: Interview with Ariel Guarco

We speak to the president of the International Co-operative Alliance as part of our look at…

Co-ops and a sense of belonging: A response to populism

We speak to John Duda, from US thinktank Democracy Collaborative

Movement mourns former president of ICA Africa, Stanley Charles Muchiri

He was one of the most influential co-operative leaders in Africa

The rise of populism: Can co-operatives save democracy?

'We understand that people are more than units of production and consumption in a voracious economy…

Co-op Group organises visit to social enterprises to promote Social Saturday

Comedian Chris Addison was a special guest on the tour, which started at the Group’s Manchester…

Working to build up Malawi’s co-op movement

Dr Amanda Benson from the Co-operative College on the development of a national sector body

Where state and co-operation meet: Case study from Malawi

'If the movement and governments work together to support the co-operative enterprises, the industry will realise…

Czech coffee co-op aims to prove that co-operation works

The reputation of co-ops suffered under communist rule but a new wave of organisations is working…

The past informs the present: The co-operative movement and anti-slavery

Were the early co-operators supporters of Lincoln and the Union?

Time is ticking for Brexit – but can it bring a new co-op vision?

'The effect Brexit negotiations seem to have had on experts is to leave them equally unsighted…