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Co-operative councils brace for Covid-19 recession

'We may not have a blue light, but we are the fifth emergency service. Residents rely…

Cooperatives Europe welcomes European Commission’s Covid-19 recovery plan

The package will direct €750bn in grants and loans to help businesses recover and drive digitisation…

Wales Co-op Centre highlights sector’s resilience in the face of pandemic

'The focus for the majority of established social enterprises in Wales during this pandemic, if not…

Where next after Covid-19?A co-operative outlook in the USA

'If we are gearing up toward a surge in worker ownership in the US, we’ve got…

Don’t let post-Covid crash kill us off, social businesses urge chancellor

The Co-op Group has joined 1,000 co-ops, social enterprises and community businesses warning the government that…

Co-op presence felt on the new top 100 list for social enterprise

Communities for Renewables, Homebaked, Shared Interest Society and GLL are among the organisations listed

US House of Representatives adopts HEROES stimulus act: Co-op movement responds

Put forward by the Democratic Party, the bill introduces reforms that will impact the co-operative and…

How can co-ops help displaced people?

A new report from the ILO looks at the role the role of social economy organisations…

Thinktanks call for community wealth models and plural ownership in post-Covid settlement

CLES and the Democracy Collaborative argue for 'a new politics of community control from the ground…

How are co-ops, community businesses and employee-owned firms weathering lockdown?

Many organisations are struggling financially during lockdown - even while the sector is demonstrating its flexibility…

Covid-19: Sector groups urge government to protect social enterprise

Current support measures are not enough to keep the sector safe, warn Co-operatives UK, Plunkett, Social…

Covid-19: Co-op updates, 7 April

Updates from Kenya, Australia and Denmark and, from the UK, the EOA, Co-op College and Social…