Keyword "Co-operative Group" - List of latest news (36 results)

08:11 My renewal quote for Co-op home insurance has almost tripled to £1,353

After previously paying £518, quote comes as shock to loyal customer who has made no claims in many years

15/04 HSBC and Co-op Bank cut mortgage rates as Halifax and Lloyds ease rules

Lenders stepping up mortgage price war in apparent response to financial turmoil sparked by US tariffs

03/04 Co-op to open at least 120 more grocery shops after profits rise five-fold

Mutual reports increase from £28m to £161m, but says ministers ‘layering costs’ on retailers could hit high streets

05/03 Co-op admits blocking rivals from setting up nearby shops

Supermarket broke rules more than 100 times across its property portfolio, competition regulator says

14/02 Rollback on diversity policies ‘risks undoing decades of progress’, says Co-op

As Donald Trump reverses discrimination initiatives in the US, Co-op says it is holding firm on DEI having seen the benefits

29/12 ‘We’re on the global map’: how Co-op Live bounced back from chaotic launch

Manchester music venue winning high praise from performers and concertgoers after being bitten by teething troubles

27/11 Supermarket loyalty cards give genuine savings, says watchdog

Competition and Markets Authority finds 92% of loyalty-price items are real deals, but urges people to shop around

25/09 Co-operative Group returns to profit as almost £40m lost to shoplifting

Mutual reports half-year pre-tax profit of £58m despite soaring wage bill and rising cost of theft at retail stores

03/09 Huge rise in retail crime driven by gangs, not stealing to survive, says Co-op

Organised criminals have even used wheelie bins to clear shelves, executive from grocery chain tells peers

06/08 ‘Celebrations of life’ increasingly replacing traditional funerals in UK, study shows

Report by Co-op Funeralcare highlights shift towards unusual venues, pets at services and glittery coffins

04/07 Pubs furious at Co-op ad urging Euro 2024 fans to ‘stay in’ with a meal deal

Supermarket accused of targeting struggling industry as promotion states football hard to see on a pub TV screen

15/06 Ethical banking in the UK: how to put your everyday account to good use

With spotlight on investments behind banks, we ask whether three top providers still offer a good deal

11/06 Four major UK supermarkets accused of misleading ‘freshly baked’ bread claim

Real Bread Campaign makes trading standards complaint over marketing by Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Lidl and Co-op

14/05 Co-op Live finally hosts first gig after spate of cancellations

£450m Manchester venue opens doors with Elbow concert two weeks after debris falling from ceiling forced shutdown

12/05 British asparagus back in supermarkets after criticism over imports

Unseasonably cold weather had slowed UK season, but sunny spell has helped crop ‘grow like stink’

03/05 ‘Turn the building off and on’: social media schadenfreude over Co-op Live arena

Failure of Manchester venue to open has angered those who paid for travel and hotels for cancelled events

02/05 Tell us: have you been affected by disruptions at the Co-op Live arena?

We would like to hear from people who have been affected by postponements and cancellations at the Co-op Live arena

01/05 Manchester Co-op Live cancels opening concert again after ‘technical issue’

Some fans of A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie were already at the arena, which has been beset by delays, when the gig was called off

26/04 Head of Co-op Live arena quits amid opening week chaos

Gary Roden resigns as general manager after tickets cancelled and gigs forced to reschedule in Manchester

04/04 Co-op profits rise despite record shoplifting levels in food stores

Chain signs up 1m new members and invests more than £90m in cutting prices

07/02 Co-op supermarkets given AI tech and 200 secure tills after 44% rise in crime

Decision comes as grocery retailer reports 1,000 incidents a day in 2023, with shopworkers suffering physical assaults

06/02 ‘It’s still disruptive’: why the Co-op’s first female boss has big plans for expansion

Shirine Khoury-Haq has faced hard times and family tragedy in a career that has taken her from working in Pizza Hut to the head of the boardroom

21/12 Co-operative Bank in merger talks with Coventry Building Society

Talks with hedge fund owners could return ethical bank to member ownership and create high street challenger with 5m customers

13/11 Co-op boss says criminal gangs are operating ‘exempt from consequences’

Supermarket group calls for action after police fail to attend nearly 80% of the time to deal with serious offenders

01/10 Major UK retail bosses plead for staff protection as ‘violent criminals empty stores’

UK business leaders have asked for a meeting with the home secretary to press for a new offence of assaulting or abusing shop staff

25/09 Co-operative Bank seems to have lost £2,500 I sent abroad

It was to fund a language laboratory but when the money didn’t arrive we knew there was a problem

21/09 Co-op boss urges police to take shoplifting more seriously after £33m cost

Matt Hood says shoplifting increasingly seen as crime with no consequences with rise in organised gangs looting stores

23/07 Nigel Farage, Coutts and all-round hypocrisy | Letters

Letters: Readers have their say on the political and corporate reactions to Farage’s bank account being closed

02/07 ‘Boil in the bag’ environmentally friendly funerals arrive in the UK

With a lower carbon footprint than gas-fired cremation, the process is described as ‘gentler on the body and kinder on the environment’

21/05 Co-op members and board at odds over AGM vote on chicken welfare

Motion to adopt Better Chicken Commitment carried by 96%, but directors cited need for low prices

05/04 Co-op expects fall in profits amid ‘turbulent economic headwinds’

Warning for year ahead comes as profits drop by 11% at group’s grocery arm

15/03 Co-op hires delivery droids to drop groceries in Greater Manchester

Fridge-sized self-drive robots from logistics firm Starship Technologies will ‘walk’ to customer homes in Sale and wait outside for drop-off

25/02 UK supermarkets expand budget Fairtrade ranges as demand grows

The ethical label has become mainstream, and is thriving despite the rising cost of living

19/02 Co-op stores in England put baby formula behind tills to deter theft

Move by retailer described as ‘heartbreaking’ as cost of staple food products continues to rise

17/02 Anya Hindmarch teams up with Co-op and Asda in reusable bag campaign

Designer’s tie-up is latest stage of plan to put fully recyclable plastic bags into every supermarket

05/01 Co-op coffin factory workers begin further strike action over pay

Action by coffin makers at Glasgow site to continue until 16 January in months-long dispute