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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

Prisoners bank on a secure future

A scheme to provide bank accounts for prisoners has reached the 1,000 mark at Forest Bank prison, Greater Manchester.
September 02 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Follow the web's co-operative.connections — September

What are co-ops doing on the web? Find out here.
September 01 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

Midcounties in bid for awards

Midcounties Co-operative will be competing for honours in the national finals of the 2010 Retail Industry Awards.
September 01 2010
Category: Retail Societies

Student Amber O'Sullivan gained ten A*s and eight As in a total of 22 outstanding GCSE passes at Sutherland Co-operative Business & Enterprise College, Telfor

Record results at co-op schools

A number of co-operative schools have reported significant progress in achievement following the recent publication of the GCSE results.
September 01 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Summer camp helps youngsters with their film careers

A five-week summer camp for aspiring film-makers, sponsored by the Co-operative Group, has led to a full-length feature film being made.
August 31 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Jenny Brown, Bryan Cranston, Pat Kiely and Sheridan Hindle are set for the 244-mile trip

Midcounties staff take up cycle challenge

Four colleagues from Midcounties Co-operative are set to take a 244-mile cycle ride from London to Paris.
August 27 2010
Category: Retail Societies

Group aims for RSPCA award

As the current holder of the RSPCA People’s Choice Supermarket title, the Co-operative Group is in the running for the award again.
August 27 2010
Category: Retail Societies

Harman set for big Cardiff event

The Labour Party’s Acting Leader Harriet Harman, leadership candidate Ed Balls and First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones are among a number of leading politicians due to speak at the Co-operative Party’s annual conference in Cardiff, over the weekend of September 10th to 12th.
August 27 2010
Category: Politics

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