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New pilot ‘accelerator’ launched for UK platform co-operatives

Co-operatives UK and Stir to Action team up to launch UnFound, which will support emerging democratic…

Outdoor leisure co-ops suspend goods from company linked to gun maker

US retailer REI and Canada’s Mountain Equipment Co-op have stopped selling products from Vista Outdoor, which…

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