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OrganicLea food growing co-op offers family summer school

Forest Time offers nature-based crafts on the co-op’s 12 acre site on the eastern edge of…

Fairtrade International’s annual report shares ‘commitment to co-operation’

Last year, 58 projects were active across the Fairtrade system, representing almost 1.9 million farmers and…

Cwmpas calls on Welsh government to create co-op development hub

'Investing in economic development is essential – and co-operative models are vital to ensuring sustainable and…

European agri co-ops launch petition against single fund CAP

'Agriculture plays a key stabilising role - and we cannot jeopardise its future with budgetary short…

UK building societies continue growth after two banks mutualised

The Building Societies Association says figures it has collected for six months to March “demonstrate the…

India’s only Telugu-language co-op journal turns two

Fortnightly Cooperative Land was launched by a group of journalists after they lost their jobs in…

Co-op Group announces £350m lending deal with six banks

The retailer says it is taking advantage of its improved credit rating with the deal, which…

Welsh music tuition co-op hosts tenth anniversary concert

Denbighshire Music Co-operative formed in 2015 after a financial crisis saw funding for peripatetic music teachers…

Catalan housing co-op Sostre Cívic wins Responsible Housing Award

Sostre Cívic impressed the judges with its non-speculative “right-of-use” model

Co-op Group announces return to normal trading after cyber attack

For one week, the retailer is offering members 25% off a £40 shop, as a thanks…

Doubling the size – hit, miss or maybe?

Rose Marley, CEO of Co-operatives UK, on the recent Downing Street Reception for the co-op and…

Fonterra opens first electrode boiler in bid to cut climate emissions

The New Zealand dairy co-op plans to invest $70m in two new electrode boilers as part…