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Raksha Pattni, Regional Director of Business in the Community, North West hands the awards to Angela Davies, the Group’s Co-operative Development Manager; and David Pownall, a Co-operative Group Board director

Four Big Ticks for the Group

The Business in the Community (BiTC) Excellence Awards 2010 has awarded the Co-operative Group four Big Ticks for the positive impact of the society’s corporate social responsibility activities.
July 27 2010
Category: Retail Societies

Co-operative Group Deputy Chair Ursula Lidbetter

Lidbetter named as Deputy Chair

The Co-operative Group has announced the appointment of Ursula Lidbetter as the Group's new Deputy Chair.
July 07 2010
Category: Retail Societies

Cathryn Higgs … ‘We will continue to use the scheme’

MEPs vote against Co-op label system

The Co-operative Group has vowed to continue using the ‘traffic light’ food labelling system despite a vote against the scheme by Euro MPs.
July 07 2010
Category: Retail Societies

OLD TIMES ... One of the first co-ops was Sheerness, which celebrated the society’s centenary in 1916 — it was trading 28 years before the Rochdale Pioneers came together

Yorkshire village claims the ‘world’s first co-op shop’

A group of local history enthusiasts in Ripponden, West Yorkshire, are claiming that their village — not Rochdale — was the site of the world’s first co-operative shop.
June 29 2010
Category: Retail Societies

Co-operative Food Retail Managing Director Tim Hurrell

Ethical Group must lead the field — Hurrell

The Co-operative Group reiterated its commitment to being industry pacesetters in the fields of ethical sourcing and food production at the society’s recent annual general meeting in Manchester.
June 29 2010
Category: Retail Societies

Donating store food is unworkable

The Co-operative Group has said it is unviable to distribute surplus in-date food produce to charities and good causes.
June 29 2010
Category: Retail Societies

Non-executive directors John Longworth, Euan Sutherland, Penny Coates and Mike Cutt

Group names four non-exec directors

The Co-operative Group Board has announced the appointment of four independent non-executive directors, who are taking up positions on its subsidiary boards.
June 28 2010
Category: Retail Societies

The mobile Co-operative Food store serves festival-goers at Exeter Respect

Members to spread the message over summer

The Co-operative Membership teams have begun to make the most of summer by showcasing our co-operative difference and highlighting what our businesses have to offer at a host of festivals and shows across the country.
June 27 2010
Category: Retail Societies

Pictured at the society’s Danbury store — which raised over £3,800 towards the overall total — are Jan Martin, Chelmsford Star Vice President; John Dorrington, Danbury store manager; Maurice Austin, Society President; John Torrie, deputy store manager and Leanne Overett, community fund raiser for Little Havens. In front are store assistants Natalie Rollings and Kim Underwood.

Chelmsford’s £30k children’s hospice gift

Chelmsford Star Co-operative has raised over £30,000 for its ‘Charity of the Year’, the Little Havens Children’s Hospice.
June 25 2010
Category: Retail Societies

Group’s Larne superstore plan

The Co-operative Group has applied for planning permission to demolish its existing food store in Larne, Northern Ireland, and build a new 5,600 sq metre superstore on the site.
June 24 2010
Category: Retail Societies

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