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 Britannia Building Society, Neville Richardson, Co-operative Financial Services (CFS), The Butterfil Bill , David Anderson, Building Societies (Funding) and Mutual Societies Transfers Act
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 Co-operatives UK, International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), Pauline Green, G20 Summit (2009)
20090317 17/03/2009 Society bans knife sales Co-op News 3 Richard Samson, East of England Co-op, knife crime
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 The Co-operative Group, Fairtrade Fortnight March 2009
20090317 17/03/2009 Retail expert warns of hard times ahead Dave Bowman 6 National Retail Consumer Conference (2009), Leigh Sparks (University of Stirling), Blowin in the Wind (TV ad)
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 Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG), distribution centres, Tim Hurrell, National Retail Consumer Conference (2009)
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 Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society, Vergo Retail, department stores, Derry's Department Store, Plymouth, Douglas Fletcher, Homemaker stores
20090317 17/03/2009 Policy to destroy mutuals has played part in financial crisis Paul Gosling 16 Northern Rock, Mark Durkan (SDLP leader), David Lepper MP, David Taylor MP, banking sector, mutuality, economic crisis, Ann Cryer MP
20090317 17/03/2009 Ross reaffirms Co-op values ahead of election Susan Press 18 North West Leicestershire parliamentary constituency, co-op values, Ross Willmott
20090317 17/03/2009 US coops fund Main Street David J Thompson 19 Daniel Glickman (USA), USA (co-operatives), USA co-ops high streets
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 Wall Street crash (1929), David Reynolds - Empire of Liberty, The Great Depression, Franklin J Roosevelt
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 Unity Trust (foundation), Labour/Co-op, Alan Middleton
20090317 17/03/2009 News Views Letters: members do not have the ear of Group Board Brian Townsend 26 Blowin in the Wind (TV ad), National Federation of Progressive Co-operators, Co-op Brand
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 Peter Marks, Somerfield, Ursula Lidbetter, The Co-operative Group (democratic structure), Britannia Building Society, single national society