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23 May '12

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Global NewsMidcounties' chief Reid receives OBE

Midcounties Co-operative Chief Executive Ben Reid has been awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

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Global NewsMidcounties plan central HQ near M40

Midcounties Co-operative, Britain’s second biggest independent society, has announced plans to move head office staff to a new HQ near Leamington Spa before the end of the year.

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Global NewsSarah is brightest business mind

A Midcounties Co-op Travel manager from Walsall has been named as the region's brightest young business mind in the Black Country Chamber of Commerce Awards.

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Global NewsMargaret's 40 years

MARGARET OWENS is celebrating working for the Midcounties Co-op for 40 years. Margaret works as a general assistant at the food store at Clayhanger Lane, Brownhills, in the West ...

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Global NewsGiving is in our jeans

HUNDREDS of Christmas gifts were given to Walsall charities by generous staff at Co-op Travel Direct, part of Midcounties Co-operative. The customer contact centre team, based in ...

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Global NewsWest Midlands land travel accolade

WEST Midlands Co-op Travel's flagship branch in Walsall has clinched another top industry award. The Co-op Travel Ultra store at Crown Wharf Retail Park has won the 'Best Independent Shop' category at the Travel Weekly Midlands Agency of the Year Awards. Last year, West Midlands Co-op Travel won two major industry accolades for innovation - the Travel Weekly Globe Awards and TTG Midlands Award. The branch also topped the poll for Travel Agent of the Year at the Walsall People's ...

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Global NewsCharity cycle helps orphans

A WALSALL travel agent has raised cash for a Sri Lankan orphanage ? rising from her hospital bed to complete an eight-mile sponsored bike ride. Jo Durrant, who works at West ...

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Global News'Best agency' award for West Midlands

WEST MIDLANDS Co-op Travel has won its second major industry award for innovation this year. The Walsall-based society picked up the ?Best Agency Innovation' category at the ...

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Global NewsKuldip's double role

FUNERAL arranger Kuldip Kaur walks a different beat in her spare time ? when she is not helping bereaved families at the West Midlands Asian Funeral Service Office in Tipton, she ...

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Global NewsWest Midlands Co-op profits at record high

WEST Midlands Co-op has achieved record profits, which for the first time have exceeded £ 5 million. The trading surplus of £ 5,165,000 for the year ended 27 September, 2003 is a 19.5 per cent increase over last year. The Walsall-based society employs more than 2,100 people across five core businesses ? food, travel, funerals, pharmacies and care homes. Chief Executive Ben Reid said: "This enables us to view the future with optimism, despite the inevitable challenges we will face ...

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