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Speaking at the launch of the Co-operative Women’s Challenge will be Co-operative Group Secretary Moira Lees

Co-op campaign to ensure women are represented

Summer 2011 heralds the launch of a new campaign targeted at women in the Co-operative Movement.
April 18 2011

Co-operatives Fortnight 2011 — preview guide

Co-operatives across the UK are gearing up for the second Co-operatives Fortnight, from 25 June to 9 July 2011, a nationwide celebration of how co-operative businesses share wealth, profits and ownership. This supplement printed in the Co-operative News, and produced by Co-operatives UK, previews the fortnight.
April 15 2011

Ed Mayo, Len Wardle and Mervyn Wilson sign the petition in London

Co-operatives help to narrow UK poverty gap

An alliance of co-operatives and non-governmental organisations have launched a petition calling for co-operative action to narrow the gap between rich and the poor in the UK.
April 11 2011

Health Secretary bids to give power to NHS staff

The Government used the recent national social enterprise conference, Voice ’11, to announce its latest NHS reforms, which it claims will give staff and patients more control of their services.
April 08 2011

Ian Lovie, Scotmid Compliance Officer, collects the Social Responsibility Retailer of the Year award with Jane McLay, Scotmid HR Consultant.

Scotmid’s six of the best

Scotmid Society scooped 11 awards at the recent annual Scottish Grocer Awards ceremony in Glasgow. The society's food business won first prize in six categories and also collected a further five Highly Commended awards.
April 05 2011

UN launches logo for the International Year

The official logo for the International Year of Co-operatives in 2012 has been released by the United Nations.
April 04 2011

Wiseman win own-brand milk contract

The Co-operative Group has awarded its own-brand milk contract to Robert Wiseman Dairies under a two-year agreement starting in August.  
April 04 2011

Scottish Tory leader Annabel Goldie with Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour) and the SNP’s Adam Ingram, Minister for Children and Early Years in the Scottish Government, at the Fenwick celebrations

Parties unite in praise of the Weavers

First Minister Alex Salmond and leading representatives of all Scotland’s main political parties have come together to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Fenwick Weavers’ Society, the world’s first co-operative for which full records remain.
March 31 2011