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The Co-operative celebrates I Love MCR Day

The Manchester-based Co-operative Group was quick to lend its support to the ‘I Love MCR’ Day today in the wake of the recent riots in the city.
August 26 2011
Category: Retail Societies

Travel deal with Thomas Cook gets go-ahead

Plans to create the UK’s biggest travel retailer by merging Thomas Cook’s 780 high street businesses with 460 Co-operative Travel outlets have been officially approved by the Competition Commission following a six month inquiry into the joint venture arrangement.
August 17 2011
Category: Retail Societies

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• Co-operative stores hit by fires, looting and riots
• Ed Miliband backs Co-operative Councils
• Co-operatives UK launch free advice service
• Richardson to quit Group role
• Group bids for 632 Lloyds branches

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Fairtrade hero John Bowes dies at 59

One of the Co-operative Movement’s top marketers died unexpectedly last week whilst undergoing treatment for a heart condition.
August 04 2011
Category: Fairtrade

 

Co-op banks can weather banking crisis

Co-operative and mutual banks and not-for-profit savings banks have played an important role in the European financial system over the last century. Indeed, there remain several European co-operative banks that have a very strong presence in their domestic markets.
August 04 2011
Category: Worldwide Co-operation

 

More Features:

• Mergers can strengthen credit union sector
• Co-ops find a home at Hay Festival
• Fans are top of the league at AFC Wimbledon
• The ski co-op that bought a mountain
• Raise a glass for co-op pubs

Your Views:

Ask GMB members in Funeralcare about their ethics!...

A rejection I have to Lord Adonis is his fixing the parameters of the argument. Re-nationalising is ...

work at co op and after asking what duties the new team leaders will be expected to do,2 other team ...

This is a old article but id like to say well done its great for social enterprise to get recognitio...

I have always thought George Foulkes was a career polition and a yes man .A complete toadie and I ha...

Very exciting! I look forward to hearing about what you have to offer....

As Regional Secretary, I answered the question. There was no comment made by a Group Board Director....

As Regional Secretary, I answered the question. There was no comment made by a Group Board Director....

A group board member gave the impression at a Half-Yearly Members meeting on 5 October that there wo...

I believe that the vast majority of Pay Day loans are used to repay other Pay Day loans keeping the ...

Being a young person interested in the co-operative movement, this sounds fantastic. When will appli...

It is good to see that so many people can already stand back and appreciate Gordon Brown the politic...

It is good to see that so many people can already stand back and appreciate Gordon Brown the politic...

Hurrah, News! -- well done! Co-operatively John Courtneidge...

Great news! I hope the movement might create a young co-operators exchange scheme in 2012 - for s...

"Following the publication of the report into the co-operative and mutual housing sector Bringing De...

This is very good news for the co-operative sector, but we must insist that there is a real commitme...

Greetings, I wish to be your cooperative planner for Public and Private Partnerships. My intellectu...

Fair trade may not be the solution to end poverty in the developing world, but it certainly has done...

Sounds very encouraging. Would have thought the Oxford and Aylesbury routes to Milton Keynes and ...

i am so happy the co-op are in the big league again, however i hope they manage to stay there. "good...

I think this is excellent news: remaining close to our historic site, in a highly visible location, ...

An independent report on the strategic assessment of the impact of the Leicestershire eco-town propo...

How ironic to find this posted on the net - when the post office where I live in Harpenden Herts is...

Can we have some more pictures?...

I am a national planner from Indonesia. My intellectual property (IP) for development is Cooperative...

What a fantastic opportunity to further the co-operative cause in the UK- well done to all those inv...

The problems encountered by ECT are well known to anyone working in the co-operative and social ente...

Absolutely no mention in this article of ethical and fairtrade factors being introduced in Somerfiel...

I do hope this purchase is finalised soon, because I really do not like Somerfield and would like to...

If we get plastic bags from anywhere, they are used as rubbish bags and never thrown away. Do people...

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