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Community hospitality businesses offer youth a route into work, says Plunkett

'If we are serious about tackling youth unemployment and strengthening rural economies, we must back the…

Cogeca: Sounding the alarm for Europe’s agri co-ops

Apex president Lennart Nilsson talks to Co-op News about the growing pressures on the farming industry

Meet … Kate Allum, interim CEO, Co-op Group

'Events like Co-operatives UK’s Co-op Retail Conference are valuable because they bring people together to share…

Comment: A new era for Wales?

The team from Co-op Wales looks at the implications of the recent Senedd elections, which saw…

Guatemala: Collective responses to common challenges

A look at the Association for Agricultural and Microenterprise Development, established in 1998 to improve the…

‘Co-ops will be the best-kept secret no more!’

Nicholas Milton reports on the recent online international symposium on Co‑op Identity and Energizing the Co‑op…

Symposium looks for ways to energise the co-op brand

'We’re in a time of poly crisis ... so it feels like a really important time…

Lincolnshire Co-op launches food bank drive ahead of school holidays

Lincolnshire Co-op has organised 11 food bank drive events as the summer holidays loom, leaving more…

Irish agri co-ops: Living in interesting times

Paul Gosling takes a look at the consolidation trend in the farmer-owned co-op sector, which often…

World credit union day to focus on stability and trust

This year's ICU day will take the theme 'A steady signal for a noisy world', and…

Arla and DMK merge to form Europe’s biggest dairy co-op

Farmer-owned businesses Arla Foods and DMK Group have completed their merger to form Europe’s largest dairy co-op. The…

Poet prepares a rallying call for this year’s Co-op Congress

We speak to Tony Walsh, whose poem This Beautiful Idea will be used for this year's…