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Retail societies including some of the largest high street co-ops across the UK, today (30 November 2020) launched a collective campaign to support local food banks and combat food injustice. 

The extent to which new funding announced in the 2020 Spending  Review ends up boosting co-op development, largely depends on how much freedom local leaders and communities will have to direct…

As co-ops across UK enter tougher and potentially perilous conditions, we urge them to take steps to manage risks and be proactive in seeking grant aid and advice. 

A new report from Co-operatives UK, published today, reveals that community ownership is helping to create a new generation of businesses that are better equipped to withstand the Covid-19 crisis.  

Rose Marley will be joining Co‑operatives UK as Chief Executive in January 2021. Read more about Rose’s career to date.

Rose Marley will be joining Co‑operatives UK as Chief Executive in January 2021. She joins the trade body for Britain’s co-operative sector at a crucial moment, when the economy is looking to ‘build…

Government has introduced new insolvency legislation to give businesses in distress more opportunities to turn things around. 

Government has confirmed that co-operative and community benefit societies, in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, are covered by legislation that provides businesses with greater flexibility in how…

Co-operatives UK responds to MP Danny Kruger’s report for government on ‘Levelling up our communities’.    

Co-operatives UK is joining the celebrations for Communities Week (21-25 September) – an annual event recognising the work of people and organisations making a positive impact in their local areas.

The crucial ‘Second Reading’ of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies (Environmentally Sustainable Investment) Bill, or ‘Green Shares Bill’, will finally take place in Parliament on Friday…

Co‑operative infrastructure organisations must focus on collaborative action to mitigate any loss of funding from The Co-op, says apex body. 

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a series of measures to help kick start the economy, with the following likely to be of interest to co-ops.

The CEOs of eleven of the UK’s leading retail societies have come together in a show of solidarity during Co-op Fortnight (22 June to 5 July).

Co-operatives UK’s board has appointed a new Chair, Don Morris, as former Chair, Nick Matthews, steps down after six years.

Eight out of ten consumers who shopped locally during the coronavirus lockdown intend to continue their new habit once the crisis is over, a new co-op study shows.