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          | 20031115 | 15/11/2003 | Rural social enterprise initiative | Co-op News | 3 | Plunkett Foundation, Professor Tim Lang, National Rural Social Enterprise Conference, John Pearce, Alun Michael MP, Barbara Philips | 
              
          | 20031206 | 06/12/2003 | Rural co-ops set for consolidation | Anthony Murray | 5 | Pauline Green, Plunkett Foundation, Rural Social Enterprise Conference | 
              
          | 20040828 | 28/08/2004 | Agricultural co-ops given funding boost | Co-op News | 4 | Co-operative Action, rural communities, Plunkett Foundation | 
              
          | 20041218 | 18/12/2004 | Co-ops UK set to help tackle rural social exclusion | Co-op News | 6 | Alun Michael MP, Department for the Environment Food and Rural affairs (DEFRA), Pauline Green, rural social exclusion, Plunkett Foundation | 
              
          | 20041218 | 18/12/2004 | Cream of the co-ops! | Co-op News | 6 | Definately Devon dairy co-op, Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF), Plunkett Foundation | 
              
          | 20050212 | 12/02/2005 | Marger strengthens Plunkett Foundation | Co-op News | 3 | Village Retail Services Association (ViRSA), Susan Knox, Plunkett Foundation | 
              
          | 20050614 | 14/06/2005 | Small stores scream success | Co-op News | 6 | Richard Moreton , community village retailing , Plunkett Foundation, Eric Calderwood | 
              
          | 20050920 | 20/09/2005 | Local store is the core for villages | Colin Richell | 5 | Quintin Fox, Plunkett Foundation, village shops | 
              
          | 20051115 | 15/11/2005 | Village shops are fastest growing social enterprise | Co-op News | 7 | Small Business Service, Village Retail Services Association (ViRSA), Plunkett Foundation, community owned shops |