Two voluntary groups, Brico Group from Spain and Puntolegno from Italy, have agreed on an alliance and will first of all sound out the different areas of their future cooperation. Brico Group has 75 affiliated DIY stores in Spain and Portugal, and Puntolegno numbers 31 outlets. Their long-term goal is to bring into being a European grouping called Brico Alliance, which other cooperative organisations in other countries of Europe could join. Contacts have already been made in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland with this aim in mind.