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Loneliness is costing UK employers £2.5bn a year

Loneliness can affect business performance. New research from the New Economics Foundation found that loneliness costs businesses…

Co-op-inspired energy business aims to take on the Big Six

Two entrepreneurs are launching a customer-owned energy firm to take on the big energy companies. The…

Congress looking to remove VAT tax exemptions for co-ops in the Philippines

The Philippines’ Department of Finance (DoF) is proposing a comprehensive tax reform that threatens to leave co-operatives worse…

Sri Lanka plans new laws and national policy for co-ops

The government of Sri Lanka is amending its co-operative legislation and looking to implement the country’s first…

A chequered history for the Co-operative Bank, but what’s next for co-op banking in the UK?

The Co-operative Bank markets itself as an ethical bank. It had the first customer-led ethical policy, provides free…

Recycling and energy conservation save Midcounties Co-op £1m a year

The Midcounties Co-operative is saving more than £1m a year through sustainability measures. The society, which operates more than 500…

Co-ops join programme to rehabilitate drug users as masseurs

Co-operatives in the Philippines are joining a venture which will train reformed drug users in massage…

How can governments help build the platform co-op movement, asks Open:2017

Government at all levels should help platforms co-ops to flourish, Claire McCarthy, general secretary of the Co-operative…

Housing co-op teams up with Glasgow council on £5m renovation project

Council officers in Glasgow are working with Rosehill Housing Co-operative to deliver a £5.12million improvement programme…

Customers prefer shopping with businesses who pay tax fairly

  Nearly 80% of UK consumers would rather shop with a business that can prove it is…

How the Co-op Group is cutting out waste packaging through a ‘circular economy’

The Co-op Group is to share its experience in moving from the “make, use, dispose” model to…

European Agri-Cooperative Confederation launches award for innovation

Applications are now open for the fourth edition of the European Award for Cooperative Innovation, which promote…