CO-OPERATIVES UK has taken Musselburgh & Fisherrow Chief Executive Tom Lees to task over his claim that many UK societies are unable to generate sufficient profits to provide meaningful benefits for members. In a response to an article in the Musselburgh News, which quoted Mr Lees extensively, David Coulter, Deputy Chief Executive of Co-ops UK, wrote to the paper to point out that "while this is undoubtedly the case at the moment in his co-op, it is certainly not the case ...