Conducted by Co-operatives UK, a 16 page report found that co-ops collectively have nearly 11 million members across the UK; employ 200,000 people; and have a turnover of 27 billion GBP.
Those are the big numbers...three milk co-operatives in the top ten - Milk Link, Dairy Farmers of Great Britain, First Milk Ltd. Biggest credit union is in Derry 6.1 million GBP turnover. Oh, and John Lewis is included in the figures though that is a Partnership and not a Co-op.
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