Community mutual bank for Wales is on track for launch this year

Minister Ken Skates says the community bank will help to tackle financial and digital exclusion

New research adds more evidence to ethical business trends

Covid-19, climate change and the Black Lives Matter movement have helped to drive the change

Co-op movement responds to £150m community ownership fund in Sunak’s budget

The Co-op Party and Co-operatives UK have responded to advance reports of the chancellor's spring statement

Can community organisations revive the seaside town?

A new Locality report says there have already been successes in coastal areas and repeats its…

Midcounties named business of the year at national sustainability awards

The prize is one of two gongs picked up by the retail society at the Edie…

Community pubs have weathered Covid storm – but it’s not over yet

No community pubs were lost last year – and 13 new ones began trading – but…

Survey finds UK shoppers trust co-ops more than private businesses

'Co‑ops have been a force for good for over 175 years and it appears that consumers…

Community investment in co-ops: Not such a new idea!

Andrew Bibby looks at some of the historical precedents of the community shares model

Scotland’s first community brewery celebrates fundraising success

The Isle of Eigg Brewery has made £80,000 of its Community Shares Scotland community shares target

Community energy body says public needs to be engaged in climate fight

Community energy is a vital tool for engaging the public as willing and active participants in…

Cooperative Business New Zealand hands out its annual awards

Winners include the Foodstuffs Co-operatives, which took the gong for co-op of the year

Co-op Group wins Grocer Gold Business Initiative of the Year 2020

The award was given for the retailer’s Safer Colleagues Safer Communities campaign