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Citizen’s wind projects favoured in Germany’s drive for renewable energy

Regulators have run a competitive awards system to grant licences to generate more than 1GW

Obituary: Barbara Dure 1925-2017, veteran of the retail co-op movement

The final president of the Plymouth and South-West Society spent her life promoting progressive politics and…

India’s national co-op body hosts regional conferences to sound out the movement

The most recent event, organised by apex organisation NCUI to collect recommendations for a national congress,…

The only community-owned forest in Nova Scotia sets out its stall

Medway Community Forest Co-operative manages 12,000 acres in an effort to create a sustainable timber industry

Co-op Funeralcare pet cards will alert people to your four-legged friends if you fall ill

The idea, developed by funeral arranger Bridgette Perks, has been rolled out across the country

Farm co-ops need to do more to attract the right directors, study finds

A survey by Co-operatives UK and SAOS found that only 12% of respondents have a formal…

What next for fish producer organisations after Brexit?

'The problems are failures at all levels of government and governance. If that central quality of…

Social Business Wales Conference to put spotlight on co-ops and social enterprises

The event, with keynote speeches and workshops, is being held in north Wales – a region…

Co-op Group loses out to Morrisons in bid to supply McColl’s convenience chain

The Group, which ran a three-month trial with McColl's, is now looking at other ways to…

Plunkett Foundation joins policy call to boost rural communities in 2017

The organisation, which supports community enterprises, is part of a group calling for more support for…

Cuban financial services co-op Scenius shut down by government

The move has sparked concern that economic reforms which have strengthened the country’s co-op movement are…

Coop Switzerland sells world’s first tobacco and hemp cigarette

The cigarettes, from Swiss producer Heimat, contain less than 1% THC so do not create a…