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Press reports say Co-op Energy is in merger talks with rival Octopus

The energy provider, part of Midcounties Co-op, reported a loss in its most recent results

Lincolnshire Co-op funds charity apprenticeships

‘We run a number of apprenticeship schemes at Lincolnshire Co-op so we know how valuable they…

Canadian government offers funding boost for co-op housing in Vancouver

The project is part of the National Housing Strategy which has allocated a total of CA…

British professionals visit Romanian credit unions to share insights

Visitors explored the similarities between the two movements during the Erasmus-sponsored learning week

Co-op Group urges councils to bin delay to home food waste collections

The retailer says composting or energy generation from food waste will help cut greenhouse emissions

New Zealand co-ops celebrated at sector’s annual awards

Winners included Livestock Investment Corporation, Fonterra and the 150-year-old SBS Bank

Lincolnshire’s new store at heart of city centre redevelopment

The store forms part of the restoration of Lincoln’s historic Cornhill Quarter

Central England Co-op to open new store in Derbyshire village

The store, in Calow, opens on 23 August

Housing co-op opens 48 new homes in Glasgow

Hawthorn Housing Co-op built the properties on a derelict site in the Possilpark district

Fonterra dairy co-op predicts possible $675m loss – and no dividend

The New Zealand giant faces problems with its overseas expansion, drought in Australia and competition at…

‘Be more pirate’: a unique take on business development at September’s Social Business Wales Conference 

Author Sam Conniff-Allende will address this year’s Social Business Wales Conference in September

Saskatchewan solar co-op bids to power city hall

‘Our goal is to simply to accelerate the adoption of solar power in our community, using…