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Movement loses leading co-operator, Lord Thomas of Macclesfield

Tributes have been paid to the former managing director of the Co-op Bank

£4m bond issue launched for UK’s largest crowdfunded community solar farm

'This can keep money in the local economy and turn energy production into an asset for…

Canadian co-op movement hands out its annual awards

Among those honoured at Co-operative Congress was Kathy Bardswick, for a lifetime of service to co-operation

London Mutual Credit Union launches new initiative to reach armed forces

The Forces Finance initiative will work to design new financial products and member benefits

Italian co-operative banks calls on government not to stall sector reforms

The changes, planned by the previous administration, are being reconsidered by the populist new coalition

Co-operative of the Year winners announced

The winners were announced at Congress in London on Saturday 23 June

Cyprus Cooperative Bank’s woes end with sale to Hellenic Bank

European regulators have also approved a €3.5bn of state aid to the stricken bank

Banker will receive £1,500 a day for review of Co-op Bank regulation

The probe will look at the actions of regulators supervising the Bank between 2008 and 2013

Nationalisation or mutualisation? Debate over rail and water in Labour and Co-op Parties

Labour has denied water industry claims it was considering mutual models instead of full state ownership…

FCA proposes regulation to address high cost credit and promote credit unions

The regulator highlights how credit unions and CDFIs can offer an alternative to high cost credit

Gritstone Publishing Co-op expands with fifth member

Author Andrew McCloy joins the co-operative, which specialises in books on countryside, landscape and the outdoors

Can everyday participation reshape the way co-operatives work?

'We help organisations think of people as citizens, not consumers'