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Co-op Group and John Lewis join retailers in acid sale crackdown

The move comes in response to a growing number of violent attacks using acid in the…

Heart of England Co-op raised £50k for charities through carrier bag levy

15 charities across the society’s trading area will share proceeeds from the 5p bags

Co-op Group announces plans for 100 new stores with a £160m investment

The retailer also plans makeovers at 150 existing sites

Central England Co-op looks back on £15m investments over 12 months

The society says it opened eight new food stores and five new funeral homes, as well…

Meet.. Jane Avery vice president of the Central England Co-op

Jane Avery talks about her experience in the co-operative sector and her role in a local…

Here are the co-ops that hit important milestones in 2017

Congratulations to all co-operatives that reached an anniversary last year. Here are a selection of some…

2017 in review: A year in conferences for the co-op movement

Co-operators came together at various events throughout the year, but what happened? Here’s a summary of…

Awards success for the UK’s co-ops in 2017

Co-ops are recognised for their community contributions. Here’s a selections of some big wins scored by…

2017 in review: Remembering some of the great co-operators we have lost

The movement said a sad farewell to important figures such as Barbara Dure, Trevor Bottomley and…

2017 in review: Top stories from the co-op movement

A look back on the highlights from the past year in Co-op News

Eight-year-old artist behind Southern Co-op’s Christmas card wins hamper

The society ran a competition for the corporate card, which goes out to colleagues and partners,…

Co-op Group sees slight fall in market share as sales drop 1.5%

Kantar Worldpanel figures also showed a sales rise of 1.6% for worker-owned Waitrose