Edition 20090203

Edition Date Title of Article Author Page Keywords
20090203 03/02/2009 A £70 Billion Super-Mutual on the Way: Britannia BS deal Dave Bowman 1 Building Societies (Funding) and Mutual Societies Transfers Act , Co-operative Financial Services (CFS), Neville Richardson, David Anderson, merger CFS/Britannia , Britannia Building Society, John Butterfil MP
20090203 03/02/2009 CFS and Britannia to be £70bn mutual (continued from page 1) Dave Bowman 2 David Anderson, Britannia Building Society, merger CFS/Britannia , Co-operative Financial Services (CFS)
20090203 03/02/2009 Agents are first Co-op stars Co-op News 2 Eastgate Co-op Travel Gloucester, Midcounties Co-operative (travel)
20090203 03/02/2009 Bacon comes back to UK Co-op News 3 animal welfare, Elmwood Standard, Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG), Co-op own brand bacon
20090203 03/02/2009 Group hit back in eco-town row Co-op News 4 Penbury eco-town (Leicester)
20090203 03/02/2009 New Bill can boost sector Co-op News 5 Michael Stephenson, Co-op Party, New Foundations (affordable homes), Malcolm Wicks MP
20090203 03/02/2009 Party conference set for Edinburgh Co-op News 5 Co-op Party conference (2009)
20090203 03/02/2009 Society open Coventry's first Asian funeral home Co-op News 6 Asian Funeral Home (Coventry), Heart of England Co-op, Ali Kurji
20090203 03/02/2009 Credit unions offer greater financial control through current accounts Co-op News 6 credit unions (current accounts), Mark Lyonette, Kitty Ussher MP, Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)
20090203 03/02/2009 New store for East of England Co-op News 6 Richard Samson, East of England Co-op, Coggeshall, Essex Co-op Store
20090203 03/02/2009 Group's Dylan ad makes TV history Co-op News 7 Bob Dylan, The Co-operative Group (TV ad), Blowin in the Wind (TV ad)
20090203 03/02/2009 Not good enough! Report raps retailers over HFC emissions Co-op News 8 The Co-operative Group (HFC emissions)
20090203 03/02/2009 Plan aims to save bees Co-op News 8 Paul Monaghan, Plan Bee campaign, The Co-operative Group, neonicotinoid chemicals
20090203 03/02/2009 End of a Co-op era as Equity loses last battle Paul Gosling 12 Leicester, co-operative shoe production, Equity Shoes, Bill Lancaster, producer's co-operative Leicester (shoes)
20090203 03/02/2009 East of England co-ops win support from regional body Kevin McGrother 14 Norman Rides, The Social Enterprise People, Cambridge Co-operative Development Agency, Co-operatives East, Pam Walker, Cambridge Community Innovation Centre
20090203 03/02/2009 Home is where the heart is for MEP Gary Susan Press 16 Glenis Wilmott, European Parliament, Gary Titley MEP
20090203 03/02/2009 Gordon's fight against far right extremists Hazel Smith 18 Hope Not Hate, British National Party (BNP), Anti-Racism (Birmingham), Gordon Lyew
20090203 03/02/2009 A capital show: Greenwich stages RACS exhibition Colin Richell 20 Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (RACS) exhibition, Greenwich Heritage Centre (Woolwich)
20090203 03/02/2009 MEMORY LANE: 10 years ago: 25 years ago: 50 years ago Co-op News 21 Partners in Co-operation conference, Combine bakeries, CRS job cuts, Bakery Trade Association
20090203 03/02/2009 News Views Letters: A 'Bad Bank' is a good idea Jim King 22 banking crisis (2008), banking sector (toxic debts), toxic debts
20090203 03/02/2009 News Views Letters: Important to sustain our fish reserves Bill Jordan 22 Marine Reserves Now
20090203 03/02/2009 OBITUARY: Dewi Williams Alastair McGregor 22 Dewi Williams (obituary), National Association of Co-operative Officials (NACO)
20090203 03/02/2009 News Views Letters: ICA's Gaza views strike right tone John Merrett Bloom 23 Gaza, International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), Arab-Israeli conflict
20090203 03/02/2009 News Views Letters: Building society mergers show lack of democracy in sector Martin Rogan 23 Paul Gosling, Building Society mergers
20090203 03/02/2009 News Views Letters: Using member capital is the way forward Barry Cawdron 23 member capital, Herbert Daybell, corporate bonds (co-operative societies)