The pilot scheme from Co-op Foundation and Co-operative & Community Finance will focus on community centres,…
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The only community-owned forest in Nova Scotia sets out its stall
Medway Community Forest Co-operative manages 12,000 acres in an effort to create a sustainable timber industry
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…
