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Show filtersAnalysts report drop in Co-op Group’s sales and market share
The Co-op is the UK’s sixth-biggest grocer regarding market share, behind Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons and…
Lincolnshire Co-op reports strong year despite hit to its NHS pharmacy income
Total sales rose 3.5% to £312m with a healthy performance in food stores but trading surplus…
£8m community development programme launched to grow co-ops
The five-year programme from Co-operatives UK and Power to Change will look at ways to build…
Midcounties funeral business offers ‘envionmentally friendly’ coffin
The coffins, made in Gloucester by LifeArt, use waste and offcut forestry wood and produce lower…
Another threatened local pub transfers to community ownership
The Gardeners Rest in Neepsend, Sheffield, has been bought by its regulars after a community share…
Co-op venue Unity Works goes into administration
Seven staff have been made redundant and a buyer is being sought for the leasehold on…
Awards ceremony recognises social businesses in Wales
Winners of the Social Business Wales Awards include Denbighshire Music Co-operative, which also provided the evening’s…
Study reveals Canadian co-op sector’s work on climate change disclosure
All the organisations surveyed made some form of disclosure but campaigners say there is room for…
Canada is celebrating Co-op Week
Celebrations begin with a flag-raising in Saskatchewan and lead up to an awards dinner for outstanding…
Investment fund opens to boost Canada’s co-ops
Organisations including the Co-operators, Desjardins and Vancity have committed $25m between them to start up the…
UK spacecraft engineering firm boldly goes into the world of employee ownership
Aerospace firm STAR-Dundee, whose tech has been used on dozens of spacecraft, has been transferred to…
