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Co-op Party report urges Labour to back community right to buy local assets

'Our communities are being hollowed out of their most important assets. It is harrowing to think…

£5m resilience fund launched for credit unions and other community financers

Fair4All Finance has launched the project to help the sector and its borrowers through the cost…

UK co-op housing apex launches call for government action

The Confederation of Co-operative Housing wants the next government to help create an enabling environment to…

Coop Switzerland reports 1.4% increase in sales as customer base grows

The results include the growth of sustainable products, which comes as the retailer celebrates the 30th…

Bright Future co-op launches new strategy for work with modern slavery survivors

'It’s about making a heck of a difference to people’s lives, that magic word dignity, and…

£6m co-op heritage centre planned at historic Scottish bakery

The Scottish Cooperative Discovery and Activity Centre will offer lessons on the potential of the co-op…

Norco dairy co-op rebuilds for future flood resilience

'When I see all the staff back in the room, seeing old faces, it's nice, it's…

Artisans Cooperative: Makers making their own marketplace

'There are a lot of people with various diversities, differences, disabilities, and everyone is accepted and…

New year, new co-ops on the rise around the UK

A round-up of sector developments in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

European co-ops invest in vertical farming as climate change hits salad crops

The retailer says cultivation in a controlled indoor environment will ensure steady supplies as extreme weather…

Co-operators mobilise to save Birmingham’s community spaces

'Our preference would be to help communities create their own groups with us offering a facilitating…

Obituary: Prof Hans-Hermann Münkner, co-operative law expert and pioneer

Co-operative law and its practitioners would not be where they are today without his contribution, says…