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Sector
Sector
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Banking and InsuranceMPs and peers condemn plans to demutualise LV=
'We are not convinced that either the board or the executive team genuinely have the interests of the current owners at heart'
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EnvironmentCo-op Group bans peat from compost in its stores
The retailer is stocking a peat-free product from Westland Horticulture to encourage sustainable gardening
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RetailScotmid Co-op to host pop-up garden centre as lockdown turns fingers green
The society has teamed up with Caulders Garden Centres for the site, which will run unitl the end of June
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CommunityEast of England tops up Healthy Start vouchers to £5
The government has just increased the value of the vouchers – for pregnant women and low-income families – to £4.25
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RetailTamworth Co-op to close its department store
The change is part of a major redevelopment of the town centre, replacing the store with a business centre and art college
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SectorToad Lane: A building for co-operative memory
Liz McIvor, manager of the Rochdale Pioneers Museum, writes about the co-op landmark as part of our 150th anniversary retrospective
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EnergyGermany holds National Co-operative Energy Congress
Dr Andreas Wieg reports from the country's National Co-operative Energy Congress
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Banking and InsuranceMutual insurance: Resilience for an unknown future
We speak to Shaun Tarbuck, CEO of global sector body ICMIF, about the co-op insurance model and sustainability
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EnergyIssues facing America’s electric co-ops after the ice storm
The sector has taken a huge financial hit from February's freeze and is dealing with issues around power contracts and infrastructure
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SectorJim McMahon on co-ops and resilient community
The Labour/Co-op MP for Oldham West, shadow transport secretary and Co-op Party chair says change is driven by the grassroots
