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Show filtersHow can we trade fairly beyond the Fairtrade movement?
Fairtrade focuses on goods produced by some of the poorest – and most exploited – people…
We Own It campaign calls on next generation to create worker co-ops
A campaign to encourage young people to set up co-ops as alternative workplaces has reached half…
MBE for Dorothy Francis, champion of co-ops and social enterprise
The 2017 New Year Honours list included an award for Dorothy Francis, chief executive of Leicester-based Co-operative And…
Ones to watch from 2016: Trends and technologies
This year, Co-operative News looked at innovation across the co-operative sector. From new technologies to new…
Is hierarchy the enemy of co-operation?
Co-operatives should be about co-operation not hierarchy, says Bob Cannell, formerly of Suma workers co-operative. How can…
Theresa May abandons promise to mandate workers on boards
Theresa May has gone back on her Tory leadership campaign pledge to have worker representation on…
SME co-operatives use inter-co-operation tools to remain strong and transform society
With small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) making up an overwhelming part of the co-operative movement, a session…
A business that is based on values of equality
On the first World Values Day, Ed Mayo, secretary general of Co-operatives UK, looks at how…