When 59% APR loans and no-interest savings accounts are a good deal
The Guardian: Customers of social enterprise Fair Finance are used to being excluded from banking and left to rely on payday loans
Shop helping disabled workers set to open
Swindon Advertiser: Enterprise Works, which is owned by social enterprise SEQOL, trades commercially to provide real employment opportunities for people with a variety of disabilities.
Kenya's Co-operative Bank sets up shop in South Sudan
Reuters Africa: Kenyan lender Co-operative Bank and South Sudan have launched a bank in Africa's youngest nation to benefit from government plans to boost local food production.
BusinessGreen Leaders Awards: Co-operative Group takes pride in pioneering green business model
Business Green: With its planned takeover of Lloyds branches and its ambitious green retail commitments, the Co-operative Group is pushing its ethical business model back into the mainstream.
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