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Just how co-operative do we want the economy, state and society to be?

Colin Talbot turns to the work of John Restakis as he considers efforts to grow the…

Toad Lane upgrades bring a ‘parklet’ to Rochdale Pioneers Museum

'We wanted a new urban planting space to reflect this older co-operative past'

World’s top 300 co-ops and mutuals have combined turnover of US$2.79tn

The latest edition of the World Cooperative Monitor also includes interviews with CM50 leaders, curated by…

Plunkett says community business delivers despite lack of government help

The charity’s annual report says the sector delivers social, economic and environmental benefits but needs more…

Co-op Group launches social mobility tools as poll warns of class barriers

'Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. Every business can take steps to change that'

Co-ops looking to change the world, town by town

Report from the World Transformed festival in Manchester, which looked at social and solidarity economy initiatives

Opportunity knocks for the UK housing co-op sector

Report from the annual conference of the Confederation of Co-operative Housing, held in London

Fonterra’s farmer-owners approve sale of global consumer business

The New Zealand dairy co-op giant is selling its Mainland Group arm to Lactalis for $4.22bn

Italian dairy co-op Granarolo buys UK wholesale supplier West Horsley

The conglomerate, majority-owned by Granlatte co-op, is looking to grow its presence in the London market

New Zealand agri co-op Alliance to sell 65% stake to Irish company

A vote put to farmer-owners saw 87% approval for the $270m part-demutualisation deal with Dawn Meats

Co-op Group to stock pasties from prison-leavers’ social business

HMPasties, which offers jobs and training to prison leavers, is launching into almost 80 of the…

Report looks at how credit unions can help tackle housing crisis

The study, released by Filene in collaboration with Woccu, looks at strategies, opportunities and barriers facing…