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Ian Burchett joins Co-op Academies Trust as education director for Greater Manchester

The Co-op Group is the UK’s largest corporate sponsor of Academies

Credit unions: Global Women’s Leadership Network celebrates tenth anniversary

Since 2009 the network has provided 52 scholarships to women from 22 countries

Centenary commission on adult education holds first meeting

The Co-operative College took part in the meeting

Essential reading on co-ops: What’s coming up in 2019

There are important books coming up this year on food, trade, education and civic activism

Is Fairtrade fair? Movement answers its critics

With Traidcraft in crisis, Paul Gosling looks at debate surrounding the drive for a more ethical…

Chelmsford Star reports positive Christmas figures

Like-for-like sales rose 5% across the society’s food stores

Lincolnshire Co-op reports 7.5% increase in Christmas food store sales

The society also reported a strong performance for its Love Local food and drink range

Rochdale entrepreneurs invited to take part in the Together Enterprise project

The scheme focuses on helping members of the public set up their own co-ops

US co-op movement measures the cost of Trump’s government shutdown

'While the government is shut down, we are unable to access needed resources as part of…

Disadvantaged children more likely to thrive at Co-op Academies in Leeds

Frank Norris says the Co-op Academies in Leeds are improving the life chances of children from…

New website for French start-up co-ops

The portal provides guidance for entrepreneurs thinking of setting up a co-operative

Climate change is hitting food production, say Rwanda’s farm co-ops

Measures such as improved irrigation and erosion control are urgently needed, say experts