Edition 20081223

Edition Date Title of Article Author Page Keywords
20081223 23/12/2008 New £100m HQ for the Group Co-op News 1 The Co-operative Group (new headquarters), Peter Marks
20081223 23/12/2008 Society helps grow loan fund Co-op News 2 The Co-operative Loan Fund , Richard Samson, East of England Co-op
20081223 23/12/2008 Group completes 700th re-brand Co-op News 2 The Co-operative Group (store re-fits), Lower Addiscombe Roa, Croyden re-brand
20081223 23/12/2008 Co-op furniture launches online Co-op News 2 Anglia Regional Co-operative Society, Co-op furniture online
20081223 23/12/2008 Fairtrade premium boosts wine co-op Co-op News 3 Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG), Fairtrade, Du Toitskloof co-operative winery (South Africa)
20081223 23/12/2008 Unicorn scoops top award Co-op News 3 Unicorn Grocery, Best Local Food Retailer (2008)
20081223 23/12/2008 Wave design new archives site Co-op News 3 National Archives, cabinet papers 1916 - 1977, Wave Design
20081223 23/12/2008 Demutualisation was a mistake says Treasury minister Paul Gosling 4 demutualisations, Mark Hoban MP, Adrian Bailey MP, Banking Bill, Building Society (Demutualisations)
20081223 23/12/2008 Manchester salute to Robert Owen Co-op News 4 Robert Owen (150th anniversary of his death), Russell Gill
20081223 23/12/2008 Co-operative school pupils train co-operative members page sponsored by The Co-operative Group 5 co-op member training
20081223 23/12/2008 Total Coverage celebrated win Co-op News 8 Total Coverage graphic design business
20081223 23/12/2008 Dairy co-op to cut 640 jobs Co-op News 8 Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFB), USDAW, job losses, Associated Co-operative Creameries (ACC)
20081223 23/12/2008 Vulnerable care homes can be safer under the social enterprise model Paul Gosling 9 Phil Hope MP, NHS, Southern Cross, social enterprises, Patricial Hewitt MP
20081223 23/12/2008 ALetter From America: Food co-ops have come a long way since the 70s David J Thompson 13 food co-ops (America)
20081223 23/12/2008 A co-op square mile can be born out of London Olympics Kevin McGrother 14 Michael Rosen, Sion Whellens, Co-operatives London, Calverts Design, Letterbox Library, Calverts Print, Olympic Games (2012)
20081223 23/12/2008 Vineyard owners see success in a co-op Rosemary George 16 Beaune wine co-op (France)
20081223 23/12/2008 MEMORY LANE: 10 years ago: 25 years ago: 50 years ago Co-op News 17 Lord Davies of Coity, Shops Acts (Committee of Enquiry, Co-operative Retail Development Society
20081223 23/12/2008 OBITUARIES: Always remembered Dave Bowman 18 Joan Gudgeon (obituary), Archibald Leslie Mackintosh (obituary), Robert Leckie Marshall (obituary), Sir Richard Knowles (obituary), Dickson Mabon (obituary), Dennis Dallender (obituary), Ivy Lovekin (obituary - West Midlands co-operator), Ruth Frow (obituary), William Rees (obituary), Henry Pichowski (obituary), Michael Goldberg (obituary), Bill Smith (Scotmid) (obituary), Martha Flynn (obituary), Headley Whitehead Obituary), Lord Blease of Cromac (obituary)
20081223 23/12/2008 News Views Letters: Somerfield deal raises issues for co-operators Keith Ebbutt 19 competition between co-op stores, The Co-operative Group (acquires Somerfield), Andy Boulton, Somerfield
20081223 23/12/2008 News Views Letters: Labour has failed socialists Tony Langford 19 Labour Party (Clause 4), John Boyle, Co-op Party (membership rules)
20081223 23/12/2008 News Views Letters: Boycott 'occupied territory' products Munir Malik 19 illegal settlements (boycott of products from), Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG), Zaytoun
20081223 23/12/2008 COMMENT Co-op News 19 The Co-operative Group (Somerfield), Somerfield