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SoundPound credit unions expand travel ticket deal in Greater Manchester

The consortium is working with the transport authority to offer savings on the region's Bee bus…

Record profit for the Co-operative Bank of Kenya

The bank, which holds its AGM next month, says this is the best financial performance in…

£800,000 boost to Big Solar Co-op rooftop solar programme

It is hoped the cash from social impact investor Resonance will save nearly 40,000 tonnes of…

Book launch for a centenary history of the UK Co-op College

The event, at the Working Class Movement Library in Salford, heard from authors Tom Woodin, Linda…

Chocolate brand Feastables switches to 100% Fairtrade-certified cocoa

Founder Jimmy Donaldson - MrBeast - says the move with help tackle child labour in West…

Electric co-ops welcome Trump’s executive orders to boost US coal 

Environmental campaigners have slammed the orders, which allow some coal plants that fell foul of Biden-era…

French shipping co-op orders pioneering sail-powered boxship

Windcoop hopes to deliver a 60% reduction in carbon emissions compared to normal vessels, on a…

Welsh government announces another £1.3m for credit unions

The new funding for the sector brings the total investment to £2.9m and will see Wales'…

ILO launches technical working groups on co-ops and SSE stats

It is hoped the groups will address the need for internationally agreed standards and pave the…

Co-op Group faces new member motion on fast-growing chickens

Wildlife broadcaster Chris Packham has written to the retailer in support of the campaign, led by…

New protests in Nepal’s co-op embezzlement scandal

The demonstration was the latest in a series of protests by members of co-ops over the…

European co-op sector’s role highlighted at Brussels events

Coops Europe said the events 'reinforced the central role co-ops play in building a resilient, inclusive…