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Why we need a ‘co‑operative Brexit’ in 2018

Co-op Group CEO Steve shares his thoughts on Brexit with the Oxford Farming Conference 2018. 913 words approx. 4.5 minutes to read

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A great year for our Co‑op businesses means we can grow our Academies and...

Co-op Group CEO Steve shares our 2017 Annual Results and what this means for communities around the UK #TheCoopWay 447 words approx. 2.5 minutes to read

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More people enslaved today than ever before. Here’s how you can help #TheCoopWay

Co-op Group CEO Steve shares what it was like to take to the stage at Global Citizen Festival to explain how we can all add our support to survivors or modern slavery. #TheCoopWay 387 words approx. 1.5...

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It’s unacceptable that thousands of people in the UK are victims of modern...

Co-op Group CEO Steve Murrells shares what he discussed today with the Home Office at the Business Against Slavery Forum. 525 words approx. 2.5 minutes to read

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2018 interim results

Today we’ve announced our interim results for 2018. CEO Steve Murrells shares the progress we’ve made and an exciting new business venture. #TheCoopWay 945 words approx. 4.5 minutes to read.

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We’re telling politicians there’s a better way of doing business

With the party political conference season underway, we’re drawing attention to the significance of social enterprise. 559 words, approx 3 mins to read

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There are over 4,000 new local causes to choose

Co-op Group CEO, Steve Murrells shares more about the 4,000 local causes that have just become part of the Local Community Fund #TheCoopWay 304 words approx. 1.5 minute to read

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The Co-op’s role in the Great War still inspires us today

This weekend our nation will come together to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice. CEO, Steve Murrells shares how our colleagues of yesterday responded to the challenges of the Great War and...

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As we publish our annual results, co-operation has never looked more relevant

This morning we published our annual results for 2018 and set out the progress we’ve made in the first year of our Stronger Co-op and Stronger Communities ambition. 839 words, approx 4 mins to read.

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We’re the first UK retailer to pledge to meet the United Nations’ climate...

At the United Nations’ Climate Action Summit in New York this week, our Co-op has been announced as the first British retailer to become a signatory of the UN’s ‘Our Only Future’ campaign. Steve...

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We’re celebrating 175 years of the Co-op by looking to our future

545 words approx. 3 minutes to read. Today we’re celebrating the 175th birthday of the world-wide co-operative movement. As the UK’s biggest consumer owned co-op, we can trace our story directly back...

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“Trade, Community and the Climate Emergency – why co-operation is the only...

1095 words approx. 5 minutes to read. This morning I gave a speech to an audience MPs, senior civil servants and fellow business leaders setting out our co-operative thinking on Brexit trade deals,...

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Important Information on Coronavirus from your Co-op. Update from CEO, Steve...

700 words approx. 3-4 minutes to read Dear Co-op members and customers I’ve never known anything like what we’re experiencing right now. I know you’ll be as worried as I am about the health of your...

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We’re supporting our communities through this extraordinary year, and beyond

Approx 950 words. 4 mins to read. Today we’ve announced our half year results for 2020. As you’d expect, our news is dominated by how we’ve responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and the exceptional work...

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At the Co-op we must be anti-racist in all we do

Approx 1120 words. This year has opened our eyes to the gross inequalities that still exist all around us. The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the global protests it sparked, rightly told...

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Remembering Damilola Taylor, the 10-year-old who wanted to change the world

333 words approx. 1.5 minutes to read  This year marks the 20th anniversary of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor’s tragic murder. Just one week before he died, Damilola wrote of his hope to one day save the...

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Let our actions of this decade fall on the right side of history’s fence

Approx 1000 words. As we emerge from an exhausting and traumatic year in the nation’s history, many thousands of families are still in mourning for those they’ve lost and many millions more are facing...

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Proud to be working with our charity to support Afghan refugees

Approx. 500 words I’m delighted that the Co-op, led by our charity the Co-op Foundation, is the first retailer to mobilise its members, customers, community groups and charity partners to help Afghan...

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