I think finding other co-operatives wouldn't be half as difficult if uk.coop hadn't been ... technical partner was commissioned (from within the cooperative sector) and uk.coop was born. Clearly it had its ...

... Pioneers is now part of the Group (which grew out of CWS). Shortest ... Society merged with the Oldham Cooperative Society in 1976 and then was ... in 1982. A further merger made the co-op part of United Cooperatives" ...

there are also a number of CDBs who are recognised by the wider movement as such, but in being unincorporated are not able ... seem to cover UK cooperatives much, with far more information on European Cooperative Societies. I think I've met one business owner with good things to say ...

Just spotted this over at Scottish Parliament Co-operative Development Scotland, which is a wholly owned ... are now out-of-date). I'd got used to things like CAN, Cooperative Futures and Somerset Co-operative Services which ...

One of the lessons learnt by the Group in the Somerfield deal, was that Somerfield shoppers viewed the Co-operative as more expensive. Thus when ... price push worries me. How is the cooperative difference core to the " ...

... my local Anglia store this morning. All this confusion needs sorting. [...] Any suggestions? the Cooperative Group could provide an authentication server for their membership ...

... Wilson - Local Care Direct Dai Powell - HCT Group Caroline Mason - Investing for Good Steve ... appointed board members to be appointed in the coming weeks. If I'm not mistaken, the only cooperative there is Rise and I think most readers will ...

Interesting to note that all Co-operative Societies are listed when you do a search on the Co-operative Groups website. Not by a long way! It's ... takes the Group's data and lets all cooperative members add details of other ...

for those of you involved in 'social' co-ops, you may find a current discussion thread on another forum of interest where ... there to try to find out where the fracture is in its community. Looking at the cooperative principles, it seems social enterprise is mainly about a few of the higher-numbered ...

Sent them a couple of suggestions about how to make the site nicer and got an error message back "550 IPC-I cannot accept connections from your IP" - that's not very cooperative, or rocking!

Don't suppose you have another way to contact them, do you?

Peter Marks is encouraging every independent Society to join the Group - what's your thoughts? Why can't we cooperate without merging? Why ... as consumer with worker? I know some of the history (which led to the cooperative farms, amongst others) but how to move forwards?

... I am misunderstanding things, co-operative.coop is registered by the Co-op Group. The Co-operative branding is only for ... Notice that they don't own cooperative.coop - given that words tend to ...

... the competition authorities. The Group had to sell a number of stores to avoid a referral to the monopoly commission. Sure - I didn't intend ... competition authorities agreed to Co-op's £1.5bn acquisition of Somerfield ... Bridgwater four are going to stay cooperative! I expect it's similar ...

Speaking of co-opNetters, Linda Bratcher from Total Coverage was elected to Solent area.

[...] Stating that they are a Co-operative Party member seems to have little impact on placement in the election - in your area the first ...