Edition 20090317

Edition Date Title of Article Author Page Keywords
20090317 17/03/2009 Be prepared! Co-op democracy must take centre stage, vows Lidbetter Dave Bowman 1 National Retail Consumer Conference (2009), Lincolnshire Co-operative Society, Co-op democracy, Ursula Lidbetter
20090317 17/03/2009 Britannia members ready to vote on CFS merger plans Co-op News 2 David Anderson, Building Societies (Funding) and Mutual Societies Transfers Act , Britannia Building Society, Neville Richardson, Co-operative Financial Services (CFS), The Butterfil Bill
20090317 17/03/2009 Sainsbury's deal Co-op News 2 Sainsbury acquires co-op shops
20090317 17/03/2009 Co-ops ask G20 to consider its model for change Co-op News 3 Pauline Green, G20 Summit (2009), Co-operatives UK, International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)
20090317 17/03/2009 Society bans knife sales Co-op News 3 knife crime, Richard Samson, East of England Co-op
20090317 17/03/2009 Co-op MP for InterAct Co-op News 3 InterAct educational conference, Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP
20090317 17/03/2009 Co-operative celebrates Fairtrade with growers page sponsored by The Co-operative Group 5 The Co-operative Group, Fairtrade Fortnight March 2009
20090317 17/03/2009 Retail expert warns of hard times ahead Dave Bowman 6 Blowin in the Wind (TV ad), National Retail Consumer Conference (2009), Leigh Sparks (University of Stirling)
20090317 17/03/2009 Society urged to try to attract more students Dave Bowman 6 Alan Miller (Micdounties Co-op), Blowin in the Wind (TV ad), National Retail Consumer Conference (2009)
20090317 17/03/2009 Group sets three year target to slash food depots Dave Bowman 7 National Retail Consumer Conference (2009), Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG), distribution centres, Tim Hurrell
20090317 17/03/2009 Membership strategy under review Dave Bowman 7 National Retail Consumer Conference (2009), Karen Froggatt, Blowin in the Wind (TV ad), membership
20090317 17/03/2009 Plymouth to sell non-food stores Co-op News 10 Douglas Fletcher, Homemaker stores , Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society, Vergo Retail, department stores, Derry's Department Store, Plymouth
20090317 17/03/2009 Policy to destroy mutuals has played part in financial crisis Paul Gosling 16 mutuality, economic crisis, Ann Cryer MP, Northern Rock, Mark Durkan (SDLP leader), David Lepper MP, David Taylor MP, banking sector
20090317 17/03/2009 Ross reaffirms Co-op values ahead of election Susan Press 18 Ross Willmott, North West Leicestershire parliamentary constituency, co-op values
20090317 17/03/2009 US coops fund Main Street David J Thompson 19 USA co-ops high streets, Daniel Glickman (USA), USA (co-operatives)
20090317 17/03/2009 South American conference sets a precident for global change David Ransom (New Internationalist) 20 Evo Morales, social movements, Bolivia, Latin America
20090317 17/03/2009 Can co-ops come to the rescue again? Iain Williamson 22 Franklin J Roosevelt, Wall Street crash (1929), David Reynolds - Empire of Liberty, The Great Depression
20090317 17/03/2009 Champagne co-ops toast ongoing success Rosemary George 24 co-op wine production, village co-operatives (Champagne region)
20090317 17/03/2009 MEMORY LANE: 10 years ago: 25 years ago: 50 years ago Co-op News 25 Alan Middleton, Unity Trust (foundation), Labour/Co-op
20090317 17/03/2009 News Views Letters: members do not have the ear of Group Board Brian Townsend 26 Co-op Brand, Blowin in the Wind (TV ad), National Federation of Progressive Co-operators
20090317 17/03/2009 News Views Letters: STV elections give democracy a 'battering' George Conchie 27 Single Transferable Vote (STV), Co-op democracy
20090317 17/03/2009 News Views Letters: Well done on ad campaign Linda Chew 27 Blowin in the Wind (TV ad)
20090317 17/03/2009 COMMENT: Testing times for Co-op democracy Dave Bowman 27 Britannia Building Society, single national society, Peter Marks, Somerfield, Ursula Lidbetter, The Co-operative Group (democratic structure)