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Data co-op launched to help communities guide local investment

The Community Data Co-operative will collect responses from its members which can be marketed to investors

Glasgow City Council launches fund for co‑ops and social enterprises

Applications are now open for a share in the £150,000 pot earmarked for co-op and social…

OCDC report explores the co-operative difference in Kenya

Members of co-operatives enjoy better economic conditions than non members, says the report

Southern Co-op funeral homes support Brighton homeless hostel

Six funeral homes donated items to the hostel in the run-up to Christmas

Co-op Group sponsors fundraising festival for food poverty and struggling music workers

Acts for the two-day online event include Liam Gallagher, Sam Smith and Fontaines DC

Community pubs have weathered Covid storm – but it’s not over yet

No community pubs were lost last year – and 13 new ones began trading – but…

Co-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…