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LONDON, February 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Co-operative Legal Services has urged the Government to regulate probate [http://www.co-operative.coop/legalservices/probate ] and estates administration providers - an industry which handles assets worth over GBP65 billion* each year. It follows an investigation by the Legal Services Board** which highlighted concerns about fraud, unethical sales practices and the safekeeping of consumers' money and other assets, plus a...

NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NRF 102nd Annual Convention & Expo (Booth #2237) -- Aldata, now Symphony EYC, and a global leader in retail and distribution improvement software, today announced that Midlands Co-operative, one of the largest independent retailers in the UK, has extended its investment to optimize its product assortment and retail space for each of its 192 food stores. Midlands Co-operative will be able to ensure store layouts and inventory meet the demands...

LONDON and MUMBAI, India, Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions firm, announced it had won the prestigious 'Supply Chain Project of the Year' at the Hermes Retail Week UK Supply Chain Awards 2012. TCS won the award along with The Co-operative Group for implementing 'Store Merchandise and Replenishment System' (SMART), a major transformation programme for The Co-operative Group's...

TORONTO, Nov. 15, 2012 /CNW/ - It's called Co-op Week at Gay Lea Foods and it carries a 12-year tradition. And by the time this year's event ended, the co-operative's 650 employees had raised over $78,000 for a group of small co-operatives in Rwanda. For seven days at all Gay Lea locations, employees pay to participate and compete in a range of activities, from nail driving to pie tossing, waffle breakfasts to a silent auction, potlucks to Family Feud. They also earned BINGO...

By Bokaie, Jemima The 16-year-old Somerfield brand will be phased out following the supermarket's Pounds 1.56bn sale to The Co-operative Group. At least 600 of Somerfield's 880 grocery stores nationwide are expected to be rebranded as The Co-operative Food. It is thought the group will have to sell up to 200 Somerfield stores to avoid referral to the competition authorities by the Office of Fair Trading. The removal of the Somerfield name will begin next year under the leadership of The...

The Co-operative Group has agreed to buy supermarket firm Somerfield for pounds1.565 billion on a cash-free-debt-free basis. The Co-op Group this week announced it had bought the chain, which operates about 880 retail outlets in the UK - many in and around Plymouth. The combined food business will operate more than 3,000 grocery stores and generate net sales of about pounds8bn, making it - say bosses - a 'market leader in convenience food retailing and the fifth largest food retailer in the...