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Worker Co-ops
27
January
2020
Beer, bikes, savers, survivors, active travel, zero waste
16
January
2020
New year, new kitchen, new supportive finance
2
December
2019
Meet the funder #4
25
October
2019
From victim to survivor – from tenant to landlord
4
October
2019
Bristol Credit Union celebrates 20th birthday with ambitious growth plan
23
September
2019
Organic food co-op opens second shop in same high street
22
August
2019
Bike recycler expands in 10th year
1
August
2019
Meet the funder #3
1
July
2019
Right products in the right place at the right thyme
1
May
2019
Meet the funder #2
11
April
2019
Rise and fall and rise again
14
March
2019
Community library that was ahead of the trend
22
February
2019
From bright idea to brilliant business
15
February
2019
Meet the funder #1
11
February
2019
Bright future for Belfast brewery
5
February
2019
2018 lending results
15
January
2019
Urban venue co-op to start farming
28
November
2018
New base for radical film-makers
9
October
2018
Innovative agency opens two new kitchens
3
August
2018
Bouncers are clubbing together
1
August
2018
Foundry flourishing 3 years after employee buyout
11
June
2018
Bradford’s New Pioneers
8
May
2018
Co-op leads UK hemp production
27
April
2018
Centrifuge spins wider
7
February
2018
2017 lending results
5
February
2018
New brand, same unique lending
17
January
2018
Co-operative Web
30
October
2017
Community-owned future for family farm
29
September
2017
Co-op pub buys second building in village
24
May
2017
The Cow that Changed its Spots
29
April
2017
Wholefood co-op celebrates 30 years
18
April
2017
Nurturing the Sacred Earth
17
February
2017
Making Wood Work
26
January
2017
2016 – the year we topped £4m lent
18
January
2017
Scotland the Bread
20
December
2016
Co-op controls the Globe
28
November
2016
Digging deep for local community
30
August
2016
Uniform IT for employee-owned business
13
July
2016
Lending tops £4m with loan to co-op agency
20
April
2016
Pioneering local TV channel set to grow
6
April
2016
Support for smallholders
23
March
2016
Eco-Co-op set for further growth
16
March
2016
Helping public bodies improve what they do
16
February
2016
2015 – Another good year
16
December
2015
Sustainable sawmill expands
15
December
2015
Awards and growth for care provider
11
December
2015
The Dog Inn
23
November
2015
Community-owned creative centre opens in Sheffield
7
August
2015
New gym caters for local needs
3
July
2015
£1.2m Creative co-op in heart of Sheffield
11
June
2015
New arts café opens in Folktown
10
June
2015
Kitchen supplier steeled for growth
11
May
2015
Have a Wild Thyme in Southsea!
24
March
2015
Rame was not built in a day
5
March
2015
Co-op saves pub from demolition
25
February
2015
New year, new start for Welsh pub
3
February
2015
Free biomass boilers
17
November
2014
Renewed growth for energy co-op
28
October
2014
New generation and new services for design co-op
16
September
2014
Cleaning up student housing
8
August
2014
Behind the scenes at Sutcliffe Play
15
May
2014
Jazz co-op buys pub
30
April
2014
Opening of new community shop
18
February
2014
On target for Easter opening
17
February
2014
2013 – Another good year
20
January
2014
New life for Welsh woodlands
18
September
2013
Closed library saved by local community
9
September
2013
Calon Wen
6
September
2013
Newcastle Home Care
27
June
2013
Co-op funds unite in push to reopen historic hall
17
June
2013
Over £3m lent
17
June
2013
School Trends
3
June
2013
Valley Organics
1
June
2013
New community shop for Devon village
12
March
2013
Three villages buy one shop
20
February
2013
Shop hides away in a church
18
January
2013
Co-operative bakery reaches Britain’s Best Bakery final!
10
January
2013
Manchester based energy co-op brings revolutionary biomass boilers to UK market
9
January
2013
Leading Scottish home care business set for further growth
5
September
2012
New co‐operative brings African produce to Nottingham
15
August
2012
Co‐operatives co‐operate to support new community counselling service
28
June
2012
Oxfordshire village adds to trend in community ownership
29
May
2012
Maracuja
23
September
2011
The Butchers Arms
22
September
2011
Dunbar Community Bakery
8
July
2011
Mica DIY
26
April
2010
Sutcliffle Play
21
December
2009
West Highland Free Press
16
October
2009
The Shop at Strood Green
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