Edition 20081028

Edition Date Title of Article Author Page Keywords
20081028 28/10/2008 Almost There! Relief as Group's Somerfield deal wins OFT support Co-op News 1 Somerfield acquisition by The Co-operative Group, Office of Fair Trading (OFT), The Co-operative Group (Somerfield)
20081028 28/10/2008 Phone Co-op is number one Co-op News 2 The Phone Co-op, Enterprising Solutions Award (2008)
20081028 28/10/2008 Carpets top sellers Co-op News 2 Heart of England (carpet sales)
20081028 28/10/2008 Britannia in merger talks with CFS Co-op News 2 Co-operative Financial Services (CFS), David Anderson, Britannia Building Society, merger talks
20081028 28/10/2008 Half-year results boost Midlands Co-op News 2 Midlands Co-op (half year results 2008), trading results
20081028 28/10/2008 New till system impresses minister Co-op News 3 The Co-operative Group, Ibrox store Glasgow, Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland (alcohol awareness week)
20081028 28/10/2008 half year-results boost Midlands Co-op News 3 John Fitzgerald, Midlands Co-op (trading figures)
20081028 28/10/2008 Group wins lifetime achievement award Chris Pilkington 4 The Co-operative Group, RSPCA
20081028 28/10/2008 Chelmsford's record profit Co-op News 4 Chelmsford Star Co-op (trading figures),
20081028 28/10/2008 Welsh credit union boost Co-op News 4 Credit Unions (Wales)
20081028 28/10/2008 Group helps ICA map movements ethics page sponsored by The Co-operative Group 5 International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), social respnsibility
20081028 28/10/2008 We want our Co-op News back, say MPs Co-op News 8 David Taylor MP, Mark Durkan (SDLP leader), Bob Russell MP, David Drew MP, Co-op News (withdrawn from House of Commons Library)
20081028 28/10/2008 Plymouth Chief salutes his staff Co-op News 8 Douglas Fletcher, Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society
20081028 28/10/2008 Prisoner art on display Co-op News 8 art exhibition (New Century House), prisoner art exhibition
20081028 28/10/2008 A New Lanark treat for members Co-op News 8 New Lanark, Heart of England Co-op Education group, Robert Owen, Elaine Dean, Midlands Co-op Education Group
20081028 28/10/2008 Foundation hands out £1m in grants Co-op News 9 Co-operative Foundation, comminity grants
20081028 28/10/2008 Worker co-op scoops award Co-op News 9 Responsible Business Award, Infinity Foods
20081028 28/10/2008 Mutual benefits are on offer if the big merger does happen Paul Gosling 12 Britannia Building Society, merger talks, Neville Richardson, Co-operative Financial Services (CFS), John Butterfil MP, Co-op Bank, David Anderson, Building Societies (Funding) and Mutual Societies (Transfers) Bill )
20081028 28/10/2008 Was street politics the only way to achieve civil rights for all? Pauline Diamond 14 Erskine Holmes, Civil Rights Association, Derry (Civil Rights march), Northern Ireland, Duke Street (Derry)
20081028 28/10/2008 At the top table with RLM came an abundance of valued lessons Melvyn Butcher 16 Co-op College, Robert Leckie Marshall
20081028 28/10/2008 Days of Hope for Labour? Glenrothes co-op shoppers Pauline Diamond 18 Glenrothes by-election (2008), Lindsay Roy
20081028 28/10/2008 Catharine challenges Ian Duncan Smith to the Mars test Susan Press 19 General Election, Catharine Arakelian (General Election acndidate), Chingford and Wood Green constituency
20081028 28/10/2008 MEMORY LANE: 10 years ago: 25 years ago: 50 years ago Co-op News 20 Martin Meteyard, co-operative boundary agreements, Peter Paxton, Restrictive Trade Practices Court
20081028 28/10/2008 News Views Letters: Building Societies may need rescue at some point Martin Rogan 21 Paul Gosling, FCA compensation scheme, Building Societies
20081028 28/10/2008 News Views Letters: Only Labour understand our ideas - it has to stay that way Arthur Massey 22 Chris Pilkington, Co-op Party/Labour Party link, Labour Party