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Platform co-op mutual credit system launches in the UK

The Open Credit Network (OCN) lets members trade with each other without conventional money

Midcounties Co-op: Making a difference in regional communities

'How can we create opportunities and legacies? How can we work with your communities to help…

Central England Co-op backs scheme to help ex-offenders rehabilitate

The scheme is supporting ex-offenders to tackle their addictions

Reinventing retailing: case studies from Coop Sweden and Coop Italia

We looked at how some European retailers are innovating by teaming up with tech start-ups

Interview: Erskine Holmes, a born co-operator

Co-op News talks to a stalwart of the co-op movement to mark his 80th birthday

Central England Co-op scoops green standard treble – for the third time

The internationally recognised standards cover areas such as carbon emissions, waste outputs, and water use

Canadian farmers back workers in Co-op Refinery lock-out dispute

The workers went on strike in December last year over disagreements about their pension contributions

Co-op Group staff launch equal pay claim

The employees, who are mostly women, argue they are being underpaid compared with warehouse workers, most…

Meet … Andrew Seddon, secretary of the Co-op Group NMC

'I saw the co-op sector as something that was again aligned with my personal values and…

Scotmid breaks record for the world’s largest Burns’ Night supper

926 people helped to break the record, at Edinburgh's Corn Exchange

Lincolnshire Co-op plans new store in Keelby

The store, which will create 15 jobs, is set to open next year

Midcounties starts the year with new store opening

The society has invested £620,000 into the Southmoor store