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At the rate we’re going, co-ops will be a powerful democratising force in the economy around the year 2120. But we can't wait 100 years. To spread the benefits of economic democracy quickly and at…

Stella Creasy MP has tabled an amendment to the Financial Services Bill, aimed at making it easier to establish a mutual bank in the UK. Government should accept this amendment, because local mutual…

Tomorrow (25 November) the Chancellor will publish UK government’s spending plans for 2021-22. The stakes could not be higher. Job losses are at their highest since 2009, millions face poverty and…

Pulse surveys are a great way of measuring employee engagement and also finding out what matters to the people within your co-op. This will give you an informed platform to improve your co-op's…

We have a responsibility to advocate for and actively effect structural change to make the sectors we support and our own organisation more diverse, equitable and inclusive. We have been too quiet for…

Less than 10 years ago, community shares were almost unheard of. Yet since 2012, £155 million has been raised by 104,203 people supporting more than 440 vital businesses – an impressive 92% of which…

For World Values Day, we invited ChangeOut – who we are working with currently to better understand Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – to contribute some thoughts on one of the co‑operative movement's…

As we adapt to the impact of coronavirus, it’s really important to take time to look after yourself and strengthen your resilience.

Co‑operatives UK is supporting UK participants as a local partner for the second edition of the Platform Co‑ops Now! course.

Good governance has always been a central part of the way that the co‑operative movement works. But it can make accountability and responsibility more diffuse says Centre for Governance and Scrutiny…

A great deal of resource has been focussed on the implications of COVID‑19 and the challenges of fulfilling legal duties to ensure that staff, customers and wider members of the public remain safe.…

All membership organisations, including co‑ops, will keep information on their members.

When organisations work well together, they can make the world a better, safer and more equitable place, not just for their members but their external partners and collaborators

Collaboration between businesses can have many advantages. And of course one of the co-operative principles is co-operation between co-ops.

Recent years have seen an increased emphasis upon Health and Safety across all sectors, creating the risk of adverse publicity and criminal enforcement action.

If you look at your mission and vision over the last year, what values have you demonstrated? How have you demonstrated them? And which values fell by the wayside?