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Lincolnshire Co-op colleagues score twice at People in Retail Awards

Staff won in the executive leader and rising spark categories, alongside an employee of the year…

Kenya’s Co-op Bank wins award for SME products and backs young property firm

The bank was honoured at the Global SME Finance Awards in Johannesburg

Co-op Group signs new wind deal as CEO attacks Tory climate policy

The Co-op Group has announced a seven-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to use energy generated from…

Canada’s credit union apex calls for streamlining of merger rules

Changes are needed to help the sector face down growing competition from big banks, fintechs and…

UK’s Co-op Bank and Triodos named ‘eco-providers’ by Which?

The status is in contrast to banks named for contributing to the financing of fossil fuels

French retail group Coopérative U to open stores in Rwanda

The co-op, owned by independent French supermarkets, has partnered with real estate developer Group Duval

East of England wins big at the Retail Industry Awards

The retailer won awards recognising its community support efforts and its use of AI tech to…

Singapore co-ops mark centenary with new 10-year roadmap

Sng Ler Jun reports from the centenary celebration of the Singaporean co-operative movement

Vancity and First credit unions given regulatory approval to merge

The new entity will have 585,000 members, more than 2,400 employees and 60 branches across British…

US Department for Agriculture awards $4.2m to co-op development

Only nonprofit institutions can apply for funding under the programme, which allocates up to $1m per…

IYC closing ceremony will be held at Doha summit

The ICA will hold the ceremony as a side event to the Second World Summit for…

ILO develops new tools to boost co-op statistics around the world

The documents follow pilot studies in Costa Rica, Italy, the Republic of Korea, Türkiye, and Tanzania