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Show filtersCo-operatives Fortnight will celebrate the movement with shared stories
This year’s Co-operatives Fortnight will be asking supporters to share stories of how working together has…
Co-operatives UK calls on the government to scrap tax breaks for executive shareholders
With the chancellor preparing his spring Budget on 8 March, Co-operatives UK has made a submission…
Co-operatives UK joins national network to boost community businesses
A national peer network has been set up to help the UK’s growing number of community…
Fairtrade: kindness in strangers and hope in co-operation
There are always plenty of reasons to keep apart from strangers, to hold back from building…
Co-operative Retail Conference to explore future of consumer co-ops
Delegates from across co-operative retail societies will get together in Stratford-Upon-Avon on 3-5 March to look…
Mutual Guarantee Societies Bill passes first reading in Parliament
A ten-minute rule bill to make provisions for the creation of mutual guarantee societies has passed…
Ken Loach to speak at Ways Forward 5
Film director Ken Loach has been confirmed as a speaker at the Ways Forward 5 conference on…
Co-op leaders hit out at government over “unfair” pension fees
Some of the UK’s largest co-operatives will continue to suffer “arbitrary and unfair” Pension Protection Fund (PPF) charges…
£2,000 prize announced for platform co-op start-ups
A £2,000 start-up grant is on offer to budding digital co-operatives, who have been invited to…
End of year review 2016 – Conferences
January: Ways Forward 4 Conference Ways Forward 4: Building an Economy to Serve People Not Profit, held…
Preview of the Ways Forward 5 Conference: January 2017
Next month’s Ways Forward 5 Conference will be the fifth version of the event, exploring issues…
