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