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 Lower Addiscombe Roa, Croyden re-brand, The Co-operative Group (store re-fits)
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 Wave Design, National Archives, cabinet papers 1916 - 1977
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 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 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 Patricial Hewitt MP, Phil Hope MP, NHS, Southern Cross, social enterprises
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 Olympic Games (2012), Michael Rosen, Sion Whellens, Co-operatives London, Calverts Design, Letterbox Library, Calverts Print
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 Co-operative Retail Development Society, Lord Davies of Coity, Shops Acts (Committee of Enquiry
20081223 23/12/2008 OBITUARIES: Always remembered Dave Bowman 18 Lord Blease of Cromac (obituary), 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)
20081223 23/12/2008 News Views Letters: Somerfield deal raises issues for co-operators Keith Ebbutt 19 Somerfield, competition between co-op stores, The Co-operative Group (acquires Somerfield), Andy Boulton
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 Zaytoun, illegal settlements (boycott of products from), Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG)
20081223 23/12/2008 COMMENT Co-op News 19 The Co-operative Group (Somerfield), Somerfield