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The UK co-operative economy is going from strength, despite the economic downturn, and last year achieved a new record turnover of almost £33.5 billion.
July 06 2010
Michael Stephenson, General Secretary of the Co-operative Party, said the coalition’s Big Society announcement was a betrayal of co-operative values.
August 04 2010

A Big Society Bank will fund a range of community and co-operative initiatives as part of the coalition’s plans to decentralise government.
August 04 2010

Ed Mayo’s appointment last year as Secretary General of Co-operatives UK marked an important change of direction for the Movement. Ed is a very different type of person from his predecessor, Pauline Green. Pauline had been a serious political player, with influence across the Labour Party and Labour government, who had been leader of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament.
June 03 2010
The benefits of a £5 million UK-wide investment in the co-operative sector are being felt across the UK as the nationwide roll-out of The Co-operative Enterprise Hub gathers pace.
May 13 2010
Great news! I hope the movement might create a young co-operators exchange scheme in 2012 - for s...
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