Sector report on UK community energy highlights role of co-ops

Nick Milton takes a look at the annual report from Community Energy England

Croydon Plus credit union rebrands as Your Community Bank

'It’s a name that better reflects our members, our values, and the role we play in…

Future Co-ops to explore community building to defeat the far right

The next Co-operative Futures event is to take place in Birmingham in spring 2026

Co-op Party calls to strengthen Scottish Community Wealth Building bill

Party wants a greater role for co-operatives, social enterprises, and employee-owned businesses

Can community wealth-building help address Reform’s rise?

Report from the recent Co-operative Party conference, with speakers from the Co-op Group, BSA and Usdaw

Co-op Group to stock pasties from prison-leavers’ social business

HMPasties, which offers jobs and training to prison leavers, is launching into almost 80 of the…

Rural co-op network works to drive community ownership

Updates on the Co-operative Retail Society Network, a development partnership between retail societies and Plunkett UK

Labour’s £5bn community renewal plan includes co-op development unit

Starmer's government, which is looking to revive its fortunes in the polls, hopes the plan will…

Midcounties community fund gives more than £200k to 680 causes

The co-op's Doing Good Together Fund has been running for a year, with local groups chosen…

Oxfordshire co-op turns office space into community hub

Wolvercote Mill, one of 31 new ventures supported by Midcounties Co-op, will adhere to 'ethical, humane…

Villagers add their local to UK family of community pubs

The Lion at Ickleton, Cambs, has been bought by locals with after a share offer, a…

Community right to buy announced as part of English Devolution Bill

Measures include right of first refusal to community groups on registered asset and a new category…