The Co-operative Press is a co-operative whose principal activity is the publication of Co-op News . The society's stated mission is to "connect, champion and challenge the global co-operative movement". The co-operative's members are the subscribers of Co-op News .
6-834: Founded in Manchester in 1873, the Co-operative Press is still headquartered in the city, at Holyoake House . The society was first incorporated as the Co-operative Newspaper Society by a group of co-operative societies to take on the publishing of The Co-operative News . Printing was carried out by the Co-operative Printing Society. In 1921 the society merged with the Scottish Co-operative Newspaper Society and renamed itself as
12-585: Is a building in the NOMA district of Manchester , England, which was completed in 1911. Designed by F.E.L. Harris, it was built for the Co-operative Union in memory of George Holyoake . It is located alongside other listed buildings such as the CIS Tower , Hanover Building and Redfern Building and is owned by Co-operatives UK . In 1906 the co-operative activist George Jacob Holyoake died and
18-766: Is also home to the Co-operative College , the Association of British Credit Unions (ABCUL), Co-op News , the Woodcraft Folk , which has sometimes identified itself as the youth wing of the co-operative movement, and the Manchester office of The Phone Co-op . The building was extended in the 1930s, and a training centre on the top floor was destroyed by an incendiary bomb in the Manchester Blitz of 1940. A collection of Holyoake's letters, papers and other writings are held in store in
24-553: The National Co-operative Publishing Society , before taking on its current name – the Co-operative Press – in 1935. In 1971 the Society took over the co-operative Birmingham Printers, and in 1972 merged with the Co-operative Printing Society. Co-op News is a monthly news magazine and website for the global co-operative movement. First published in 1871 as The Co-operative News , it is
30-610: The Co-operative Movement decided to commemorate him by building a permanent headquarters for the Co-operative Union. The building was designed by architect F. E. L. Harris, who had also designed the nearby Hanover Building in the year of Holyoake's death. It was erected in 1911 on Hanover Street and named Holyoake House. A plaque was erected outside the building dedicating the building to Holyoake's memory. In addition to Co-operatives UK , Holyoake House
36-807: The world's oldest co-operative newspaper. In 1921, the society acquired the popular and radical Sunday paper, the Reynold's Illustrated News . In 1936 the paper was renamed the Reynold's News , and was relaunched in 1962 as a tabloid, titled The Sunday Citizen . Declining sales led to the decision to cease publication in 1967. First published in 1905, the Millgate Monthly was a cultural magazine containing articles written by co-operators on social issues, alongside poetry and reviews. It changed its name to simply The Millgate in 1928, and ceased publication in 1953. Holyoake House Holyoake House
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