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Co-operatives UK is a British co-operative federation described as "the central membership organisation for co-operative enterprise throughout the UK". [3] It was founded in 1870 as the Co-operative Central Board, changing its name to the Co-operative Union [4] before finally becoming Co-operatives UK following its merger with the Industrial Common Ownership Movement (ICOM) in 2001. [5]
The Co-operative Group Limited, trading as Co-op and formerly known as the Co-operative Wholesale Society, is a British consumer co-operative with a group of retail businesses, including grocery retail and wholesale, legal services, funerals and insurance, and social enterprise.
British co-operative movement - Wikipedia
The Co-operative Party is a legally separate entity from the Labour Party, and is registered as a political party with the Electoral Commission. [7] Co-operative Party members are not permitted to be members of any other political party in the UK apart from the Labour Party or Northern Ireland's Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).
Openfield is a British grain marketing and arable inputs co-operative based in Lincolnshire. It is one of Britain's largest agricultural companies and Britain's only national co-operative in its field, with a turnover of over £800m. It markets grain for farmers and grain stores.
The society hosts conferences, lectures, and publishes the Journal of Co-operative Studies. [1] [2] The society was founded in April 1967 at Stanford Hall in Nottinghamshire, England, then home to the Co-operative College. [3] [2] In 1995 the society became a registered charity, and in 2017 incorporated as a charitable incorporated organisation ...
Co-op is a UK supermarket chain and the brand used for the food retail business of The Co-operative Group, one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives.As the UK’s fifth largest food retailer, Co-op operates nearly 2,400 food stores.
A second common form of co-operative federation is a co-operative union, whose objective (according to Gide) is “to develop the spirit of solidarity among societies and... in a word, to exercise the functions of a government whose authority, it is needless to say, is purely moral.” [2] Co-operatives UK and the International Co-operative Alliance are examples of such arrangements.