| 20080722 | 22/07/2008 | Now it's the big five | Co-op News | 1 | The Co-operative Group (acquires Somerfield), Peter Marks, Somerfield | 
              
          | 20080930 | 30/09/2008 | Merger 'bounce' boosts Group | Co-op News | 1 | Peter Marks, The Co-operative Group & United trading figures | 
              
          | 20080930 | 30/09/2008 | Co-op Group's big night on ITV | Co-op News | 3 | Peter Marks, Pride of Britain awards, The Co-operative Group | 
              
          | 20081111 | 11/11/2008 | We're in the big league - Marks tells of his four-year battle to land Somerfield | Co-op News | 1 | Peter Marks, Somerfileld, Office of Fair Trading (OFT), The Co-operative Group (Somerfield) | 
              
          | 20081223 | 23/12/2008 | New £100m HQ for the Group | Co-op News | 1 | Peter Marks, The Co-operative Group (new headquarters) | 
              
          | 20090317 | 17/03/2009 | COMMENT: Testing times for Co-op democracy | Dave Bowman | 27 | single national society, Peter Marks, Somerfield, Ursula Lidbetter, The Co-operative Group (democratic structure), Britannia Building Society | 
              
          | 20090331 | 31/03/2009 | Plymouth bid to join Group | Co-op News | 1 | The Co-operative Group, Douglas Fletcher, Peter Marks, merger proposals (Plymouth, Group), Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society |