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A co-operative option for running bus services?

The Co-operative Party has launched a campaign to promote a mutual bus solution for the future.…

The Marcora Law: an effective tool of active employment policy

Camillo De Berardinis, managing director of CFI, (Cooperazione Finanza Impresa – Cooperation Finance Enterprise), looks at how the Marcora…

Co-ops and charities: Are they mutually exclusive?

What is the difference between charities and co-operatives? Since the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act…

The co-operative disadvantage: Why the movement needs a level playing field

Who would voluntarily choose to be a co-operative or a community benefit society? Or – to…

Co-op slashes fruit and veg prices

Fresh fruit and vegetables have been reduced in price at Co-operative Food stores in an attempt…

Take a peek inside the Co-operative Group’s head office

A 360-degree virtual tour of One Angel Square, the Co-operative Group’s head office in Manchester, has been…

The lesson behind the Austrian co-op banking disaster

Many European countries have co-operative banks. Germany’s Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken are perhaps the best-known, but France,…

Brazilian farmers can now market Fairtrade products to Brazillian consumers

An organisation to promote Fairtrade products within Brazil has been launched. Traditionally labelled as an exporter…

Co-operative housing project aims to help recovery in the Philippines

Typhoon Haiyan has left the Philippines devastated, with 30,000 houses destroyed and over 50,000 severely damaged.…

Time to extend the seven co-operative principles?

The seven co-operative principles were last updated and formally adopted by the International Co-operative Alliance in…

Remembering Rosie Foster

Rosie Foster died on 8 February at the age of 61, a couple of short months…

Waitrose changes claims on worker ownership after ad attracts complaints

Waitrose has avoided a formal investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after it agreed not…