Medway Community Forest Co-operative manages 12,000 acres in an effort to create a sustainable timber industry
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IndyCube co-op joins forces with Community union to boost self-employment rights
The new venture will offer legal representation, invoice factoring and office space to UK freelancers
Fonterra receives NZ Co-operative Business of the Year award
New Zealand's largest company - a dairy co-op owned by 10,500 farmers - is one of…
Lessons from north America: the power of community-owned food stores in the age of grocery giants
In Canada, 80% of grocery sales go to just five retailers. Author and co-operator Jon Steinman…
Co-op Group backs Kenyan Fairtrade tea farmers with new community resource centre
The retailers will build a new community resource centre in Kenya to support Fairtrade farmers
How community pubs and shops are helping villages thrive
Two reports from Plunkett Foundation, the support organisation for community-owned shops and pubs, show how such…
Co-operative Congress 2017: Reimagining community by turning assets into co-ops
‘We need to persuade people to see social value as an economic outcome’
Employee ownership: The business model of the future?
'We believe that employees should use capital rather than capital using employees'
Social business sector worth £2.37bn to the Welsh economy
A new study identified 1,698 organisations working in the sector, supporting approximately 40,800 jobs
Election 2017: A wishlist from social business leaders
Sector body Co-operatives UK has drawn up a list of policy asks for all political parties,…
£900,000 on offer to community co-operatives through Bright Ideas Fund
The initiative gives organisations the chance to apply for business development support and to access peer…
Suffolk locals form community benefit society to buy the derelict Shotley Pier
It’s been a whirlwind of activity at Shotley in Suffolk since the summer of 2016, when…
