| 20040124 | 24/01/2004 | Ben Reid to chair Co-operatives UK | Co-op News | 2 | West Midlands Co-op, Ben Reid, Bob Burlton, Pauline Green, Chris Herries | 
              
          | 20040124 | 24/01/2004 | Fujitsu lands £1m West Midlands' EPOS deal | Co-op News | 3 | West Midlands Co-op, Bicton Heath, Fujitsu, Ben Reid, Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) | 
              
          | 20040131 | 31/01/2004 | Merab clocks up 50 and not out | Co-op News | 2 | Merab Smith, Ben Reid, West Midlands Co-op | 
              
          | 20040320 | 20/03/2004 | Swedish link up | Co-op News | 6 | Ben Reid, Stockholm, West Midlands Co-op, Co-op College | 
              
          | 20040410 | 10/04/2004 | West Midlands recognised | Co-op News | 2 | Ben Reid, West Midlands Co-op | 
              
          | 20040417 | 17/04/2004 | Back to Basics | Co-op News | 6 | West Midland's Co-op (Funeral Homes), Ben Reid | 
              
          | 20040522 | 22/05/2004 | New chairman salutes Burlton’s role | Co-op News | 1 | Oxford Swindon and Gloucester Society, Co-operatives UK, The Co-operative Group, Bob Burlton, Ben Reid | 
              
          | 20040529 | 29/05/2004 | CONGRESS 2004: Chairman salutes a ‘staggering’ increase’ | Co-op News | 4 | Co-operatives UK, consumer co-operatives performance review, Ben Reid | 
              
          | 20040529 | 29/05/2004 | Record half-year for West Midlands | Co-op News | 6 | trading figures, Ben Reid, West Midlands Co-op | 
              
          | 20040605 | 05/06/2004 | CONGRESS 2004: Congress attendance ‘fantastic’ - Reid | Co-op News | 3 | Ben Reid |