No community pubs were lost last year – and 13 new ones began trading – but…
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Show filtersCo-op Bank commits £400,000 to co-op development
The Hive co-operative and social enterprise development hub was launched in 2016
Retail co-operatives raise nearly £50k for NHS charities
The money will go to support for staff, volunteers and patients
Meet … Kay Johnson MBE, founder of the Larder in Preston
'I’m not a boss, I don’t want to manage people, I want to work with them.…
New Co-ops UK chief offers advice surgeries
Rose Marley says one-on-one sessions bring 'the insight, the best ideas, the reality of what’s happening…
Secondary co-ops: The key to building new co-op hotspots?
'If you have a strong community of co-ops it creates a culture. There’s a sense of…
How co-operative law helps co-ops grow
'Law is one of the means to ascertain which of those entities, which claim to be…
Who counts the co-ops?
We kick off the new year with a series of articles on issues around co-op growth…
East of England Co-op launches foodbank donation card for Christmas
The cards – which bring a £5 donation to a foodbank – can be bought in…
Plunkett joins forces with church trust to encourage new community businesses
£200,000 has been made available to offer advice and support for community businesses looking to open…
Scotland’s first community brewery celebrates fundraising success
The Isle of Eigg Brewery has made £80,000 of its Community Shares Scotland community shares target

