Category: Sectoral News
Meets… Tim Coomer, Co-operative and Community Finance
'Despite the short term issues there’s a lot to be excited about for the future' We speak to Tim Coomer, business development manager at Co-operative ... Read More
Co-op Loan Fund provides accountancy worker co-op with growth capital
Third Sector Accountancy will use the money to continue expanding its client base. Third Sector Accountancy worker co-op has secured a loan from the Co-op Loan Fund to ... Read More
Study finds unconventional forms of resilience in African co-ops’ Covid response
Of the co-ops studied, those which saw their business performance decline were those which offered the most services and gained more members. A study of the resilience ... Read More
Nepalese co-operative apex wins Food and Agricultural Organisation award
The federation was praised for its work on local living standards, sustainable agri-food systems, biodiversity and the climate crisis Nepal Agriculture Cooperative Central Federation (NACCFL) ... Read More
Fairtrade products still sought by customers despite cost of living crisis
'It is encouraging that shoppers are staying committed to sustainability values even during hard times, to support farmers and workers getting a fair income' Shoppers ... Read More
Ogun: NEPC trains 150 horticulture farmers, entrepreneurs on UK entry regulations, procedures
From Laide Raheem, Abeokuta The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Ogun State Coordinating Office, has trained no fewer than 150 vegetable farmers and entrepreneurs in the ... Read More
Heifer Facilitates Access to Finance, Others for Smallholder Tomato Farmers in Badagry
Heifer International Nigeria has said that it facilitated access to innovative finance, guaranteed fair market and insurance for smallholder tomato farmers in Dadi Louis and ... Read More