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Competition Market Authority opens inquiry into Co-op Group takeover of Nisa

Nisa members approved the Group's offer to buy the business for £137.5m last November but the…

Can public service mutuals keep the co-op ethos in a competitive market?

A workshop at the Ways Forward conference in Manchester looked at the issues faced by co-ops…

Co-op Party wants post-Brexit trade deals to protect developing economies

'As the UK’s place in the world changes, it’s vital that we safeguard and build on…

Co-op Party MSP urges Scottish employers to help modern slavery victims

Kezia Dugdale lodged a parliamentary motion praising the Co-op Group’s Bright Future Programme

Rebecca Long-Bailey: Labour would work with co-ops to change the economy

The shadow business secretary and MP for Salford and Eccles looks to collaboration for a co-operative…

Ugandan Parliament asks government for funding to revive co-operatives

Legislators also backed calls to revive the country’s co-operative bank

Scotmid CEO John Brodie follows up MBE with chair of Scottish Retail Consortium

Labour/Co-op MP Mark Hendrick was knighted, with an OBE for Orchard Community Energy’s Stephanie Karpetas and…

Transforming business

Co-ops can help businesses operate for the common good of all - but there are three…

Co-op Party commissions independent report on doubling the co-operative economy

The news was announced by shadow chancellor John McDonnell who has also advocated co-op ownership of…

Rabobank National Association to pay USD $360m to settle money-laundering case

The case concerns transactions processed in California between 2009 and 2012

John McDonnell announces formation of Community Wealth Unit

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Labour would work with the Co-operative Party and trade unions and…

US Senator stirs debate over tax exemption for federal credit unions

Senator Orrin Hatch is challenging the exemption on the grounds that credit unions are moving away…