Credit unions look to new products and regulation at Abcul conference

The event brought insights on community lending from the US, input from regulators and updates on…

Book review: Visions of a co-operative democracy to reshape society

Cooperation: A political, economic and social theory, Bernard E Harcourt, Columbia £28

Co-op sector nominations in the Retail Week Awards

Central Co-op is in the running for responsible retailer while the Co-op Group has a store…

Southern Co-op gets ready to celebrate its 150th anniversary

The retailer was formed in 1873 as Portsea Island Mutual Co-operative Society, by dockyard workers fighting…

Meet … John Brodie, CEO of Scotmid Co-op

'I am very proud of my colleagues, whether elected members or our employees who turn up…

Unearthing a forgotten grassroots story of co-operative housing

John Goodman reviews Andrew Bibby's latest book, which looks at the co-partnership housing societies of the…

#IWD2023: Co-ops and the transformative power of technology

'I think all women working in an inherently male industry are heroes'

Citizenship: Storyteller’s big fix to usher in a co-operative new world

Ad man turned activist Jon Alexander draws on his work advising the Co-op Group and other…

Irish co-ops share views on Co-operative Societies Bill

ICOS leaders warn that new rules around mergers, audits and setting up co-ops could have a…

From crisis to co-operation: Future Co-ops 2023

Delegates looked at co-op solutions for issues like digital exclusion, housing, fuel poverty and food insecurity

More Singaporean co-ops adopt the Tripartite Standards

Each standard – developed by the government with unions and employers – includes a set of…

Co-ops and corporations: Can they collaborate more on the UN’s 2030 Agenda?

Co-op leaders joined discussions at a side event of the UN Commission for Social Development last…