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 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 Fairtrade, Du Toitskloof co-operative winery (South Africa), Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG)
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 Mark Hoban MP, Adrian Bailey MP, Banking Bill, Building Society (Demutualisations), 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 NHS, Southern Cross, social enterprises, Patricial Hewitt MP, Phil Hope 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 Sion Whellens, Co-operatives London, Calverts Design, Letterbox Library, Calverts Print, Olympic Games (2012), Michael Rosen
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 Sir Richard Knowles (obituary), Robert Leckie Marshall (obituary), Dickson Mabon (obituary), Dennis Dallender (obituary), 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)
20081223 23/12/2008 News Views Letters: Somerfield deal raises issues for co-operators Keith Ebbutt 19 The Co-operative Group (acquires Somerfield), Andy Boulton, Somerfield, competition between co-op stores
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 Somerfield, The Co-operative Group (Somerfield)