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Funding worth £810,000 is available to co‑operatives and community businesses using community shares to raise finance.

Co‑operatives UK announces a bold mission to double co‑operative awareness in the UK. It will be the focus for all International Year of Co‑operatives 2025 activity, as well as Co‑op Fortnight, which…

An Olympic champion is set to inspire and challenge customer-owned retailers at this year’s Co-op Retail Conference, 14-16 March in Nottingham, proudly sponsored by VME Coop for the seventh…

On the same day (29 January) that the Chancellor set out government’s plans for growth, Co-operatives UK has unveiled its Co-operative Growth Strategy, detailing how a partnership between the sector…

Gen Z Brits want to work for a company that shares their values like honesty, green credentials and social responsibility, according to new research from Co-operatives UK released to mark to start of…

One of the UK's largest building societies has finalised its acquisition of The Co‑operative Bank, restoring it to mutual ownership and combining both values-driven organisations.

Rochdale’s historic Toad Lane – the birthplace of the co-operative movement – marked 180 years of co-operation on Saturday, 21 December, with the launch of the Fund for International Co-operative…

A new report highlights the far-reaching positive impact of the innovative partnership between Co‑operatives UK and The Co‑operative Bank.

The powerful poetic short is a joint venture between creatives, co-ops and mutuals in the region.

Co‑operatives UK is seeking a co‑operative leader with a financial/credit union background to join a panel of experts who meet quarterly to drive excellence and innovation in co‑operative governance.

A delegation of UK co-operative leaders took centre-stage at a global conference in India, joining over 3,000 global change-makers to officially launch the United Nations International Year of…

Pioneering Co‑operatives UK member Go-op plans to run the country’s first co‑operatively owned transport service by December 2025.

In a major announcement, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has committed to establishing a Mutuals and Co-operative Business Council to promote growth.

Media Co-op lands the inaugural IDBM Award at the Social Enterprise Scotland Awards held at Scottish Parliament on 7 November (2024).