As hundreds of thousands of baby-boomers prepare to retire from the small businesses they own, most will overlook one succession option; converting their enterprise into a co-operative. Many ...

How can small, local businesses compete with major corporate retailers and tech giants? The people behind Direct Co-ops think they have the answer: banding together and working cooperatively. The ...

75 75 people viewed this event. Three-part workshop to learn about the distinctive features and values of co-operative enterprises. March 15, March 29 and April 12 at 8:30-10:30 am. $10 each, $25 for ...

The co-operative movement is more than 100 years old, but its spirit is alive in young people, who are taking on leadership roles and playing a visible part in the debate on co-operative and ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. ASHLEY HALL: The traditional co-operative shop model is experiencing a resurgence. The trend is being ...

Not a lot of people know this, but 2012 is the International Year of Co-operatives. And here's some even lesser-known facts: there are 5,450 co-operative businesses in the UK making up a sector with a ...

When Peter Meyer Reimer moved to Chicago five years ago for a data analyst job, they knew they didn’t want to live alone. So they began researching housing cooperatives in the city, where residents ...

Workers are shifting their perspectives on what they want from their work and how they want to impact the world around them, driving a rise in co-op business models and networks.˜ Earthworker ...

The recent UK Co-op Congress included a breakout session on social care, looking at a study from Co-operatives UK and Cwmpas ...