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Site last updated on September 2, 2010, 11:00 am

Group announce £307m operating profit

The Co-operative Group has announced an underlying operating profit of £307 million for the 26 weeks to July 3rd, but although like-for-like food sales in rebranded and refitted stores were up 2.5 per cent on the previous 28-week half-year, the impact of the ongoing Somerfield integration meant that, overall, food sales fell by one per cent.
August 26 2010
Category: Retail Societies

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Over £1m in loans for village shops

Co-operative & Community Finance has now loaned over £1 million to support more than 60 community-owned shops throughout the UK in the past two years.
September 02 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Hugh Davies of Myddfai at the Royal Welsh Show

Co-operative centre helps prop up local legend

For a village of just four hundred people, Myddfai in the Brecon Beacons, has an incredible story to tell. It’s a story of decline and of rebirth, of myth and of historical significance — a village with a prince for a neighbour, but no amenities for its residents — and it’s no surprise that a BBC television team is keeping a very close eye on developments.
September 01 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

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Sadly, David Davis got it about right on Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ proposal

There is an old saying, ‘be careful what you wish for — it might come true’. The co-operative and mutual movement and social enterprise sector may well mull over those thoughts in the months and years to come.
August 31 2010
Category: Politics

The train co-operative is set to launch its first service in December 2011

Rail co-op aims to Go! next year

Backers of a co-operatively-run railway are on track with their plans. Go! Co-operative is aiming to bring a service organised on mutualised lines to connect train users to and from the South-West of England.
August 27 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement