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Wenzel’s bakery added to Southern Co-op’s list of franchise partners

The deal reflects the retail society's strategic focus on food to go, with the first franchise…

Life lessons for a living world in the Forest of Dean

Community benefit society Wylderne has taken ownership of a wilderness education centre and is putting co-op…

Great Lakes Credit Union collects 10,000 supply items for local schools

Items such as workbooks, pens and backpacks were donated in northern Illinois via GLCU branches

US electric co-ops want climate emissions standards scrapped

Sector apex NRECA has clashed with the Environmental Protection Agency over its carbon rules, but environmental…

Co-op Bank of New Zealand replaces core system to chase growth

New Zealand’s Co-operative Bank is replacing its core banking system in a “major investment” as it…

Rule threatening financial co-ops in Ecuador suspended by court

Welcoming the news, the ICA said it hoped judges would 'ultimately uphold the constitutional freedoms of…

SAOS hires two co-op development managers for Scottish agri-food sector

Claire Dyce joins from SAOS member co-op Grampian Growers, while Adam Forrest worked most recently at…

Lagos state government turns to co-ops to drive inclusive economy

'Co-operatives remain a powerful vehicle for economic inclusion and social transformation'

Securing livelihoods while preserving Palestine’s art of embroidery 

The practice is being kept alive in a refugee camp by a women's co-op which has…

UK credit unions trial green lending to power home retrofits

They are working with organisations such as People Powered Retrofit and Carbon Co-op on the government’s…

Applications open for Co-operatives UK’s Youth Advisory Group

Deadline for applications is midnight 18 August

Midcounties co-hosts roundtable to tackle youth unemployment

The event, run with social enterprise Miss Macaroon, saw businesses make practical pledges on reducing the…