Edition 20081223

Edition Date Title of Article Author Page Keywords
20081223 23/12/2008 New £100m HQ for the Group Co-op News 1 Peter Marks, The Co-operative Group (new headquarters)
20081223 23/12/2008 Society helps grow loan fund Co-op News 2 East of England Co-op, The Co-operative Loan Fund , Richard Samson
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 Co-op furniture online, Anglia Regional Co-operative Society
20081223 23/12/2008 Fairtrade premium boosts wine co-op Co-op News 3 Du Toitskloof co-operative winery (South Africa), Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG), Fairtrade
20081223 23/12/2008 Unicorn scoops top award Co-op News 3 Best Local Food Retailer (2008), Unicorn Grocery
20081223 23/12/2008 Wave design new archives site Co-op News 3 cabinet papers 1916 - 1977, Wave Design, National Archives
20081223 23/12/2008 Demutualisation was a mistake says Treasury minister Paul Gosling 4 Banking Bill, Building Society (Demutualisations), demutualisations, Mark Hoban MP, Adrian Bailey MP
20081223 23/12/2008 Manchester salute to Robert Owen Co-op News 4 Russell Gill, Robert Owen (150th anniversary of his death)
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 job losses, Associated Co-operative Creameries (ACC), Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFB), USDAW
20081223 23/12/2008 Vulnerable care homes can be safer under the social enterprise model Paul Gosling 9 social enterprises, Patricial Hewitt MP, Phil Hope MP, NHS, Southern Cross
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 Letterbox Library, Calverts Design, Calverts Print, Olympic Games (2012), Sion Whellens, Michael Rosen, Co-operatives London
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 Shops Acts (Committee of Enquiry, Co-operative Retail Development Society, Lord Davies of Coity
20081223 23/12/2008 OBITUARIES: Always remembered Dave Bowman 18 Ruth Frow (obituary), Ivy Lovekin (obituary - West Midlands co-operator), Henry Pichowski (obituary), William Rees (obituary), Bill Smith (Scotmid) (obituary), Michael Goldberg (obituary), Headley Whitehead Obituary), Martha Flynn (obituary), Lord Blease of Cromac (obituary), Archibald Leslie Mackintosh (obituary), Joan Gudgeon (obituary), Sir Richard Knowles (obituary), Robert Leckie Marshall (obituary), Dickson Mabon (obituary), Dennis Dallender (obituary)
20081223 23/12/2008 News Views Letters: Somerfield deal raises issues for co-operators Keith Ebbutt 19 Andy Boulton, Somerfield, competition between co-op stores, The Co-operative Group (acquires Somerfield)
20081223 23/12/2008 News Views Letters: Labour has failed socialists Tony Langford 19 John Boyle, Co-op Party (membership rules), Labour Party (Clause 4)
20081223 23/12/2008 News Views Letters: Boycott 'occupied territory' products Munir Malik 19 Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG), Zaytoun, illegal settlements (boycott of products from)
20081223 23/12/2008 COMMENT Co-op News 19 Somerfield, The Co-operative Group (Somerfield)