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AT LEAST a dozen formerly Co-op-owned stores are to be closed after the company which bought them became insolvent, it was revealed yesterday.
The Co-op sold a subsidiary group of 36 stores to the Food Retailer Group last year.
The group has become insolvent and entered into a company voluntary arrangement, a mechanism through which an insolvent business can continue trading and pay its creditors over a period of time.
Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
Sharon Graham addresses the Unite policy conference after talks over the Birmingham bin strikes break down
