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Midcounties co-hosts roundtable to tackle youth unemployment

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

REI co-op reaches deal with workers for a path to union contracts

The agreement includes a national bargaining structure and wage increases for workers at union stores who…

US electric co-ops back bill to reform federal disaster response 

The USA’s National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (Nreca) is backing a bipartisan bill aiming to reform…

Credit union acts on financial education and youth homelessness

Manchester CU has launched the Money Hive financial lessons platform with Doshi and donated £2,000 to…

Second CCDS offer from Ecology Building Society now open

The lender is looking to raise up to £6.5m of additional capital to support the next…

Chelmsford Star members make final approval of Central merger

The combined society will operate over 500 trading sites across 23 counties, with a turnover of…

Plunkett UK and Wates Developments launch community business plan

The partnership will work to embed community-owned assets into new developments and create solutions for vacant…

Co-op Group launches chain of food-for-now stores

The smaller stores will open 7am-7pm and be sited in areas with high footfall, offering on-the…

Two US dairy co-ops settle milk price-fixing lawsuit

Dairy Farmers of America and Select Milk Producers have denied liability but agreed a settlement of…

New roadmap for Chile’s rural co-ops

Chile’s public sector is partnering with the International Labour Organization to strengthen co-operativism in rural areas…

Co-op Group announces social value strategy

The plan follows a survey where members said they feared the country was becoming more divided…

Lender drops credit union name to rebrand as Northern Community Bank

The former Pennine Community Credit Union wants the new name to reflect its community purpose and…