British banks on block as bidders circle: TSB, Sainsbury’s Bank and Co-op Bank lined up as takeover targets By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 23:26 GMT, 17 November 2020 Three British banks could soon be changing hands as a wave of dealmaking sweeps across the sector. … Read more
Co-op Bank axing 18 branches and slashing 350 jobs, in another blow to Britain’s beleaguered High Streets By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:47 BST, 25 August 2020 | Updated: 23:47 BST, 25 August 2020 Co-op Bank is axing 18 branches and slashing 350 jobs, in another blow to Britain’s beleaguered high streets. … Read more
It has been a sandwich filler that has satisfied families for generations – but Wiltshire Ham as many know it could be on the way out. A new study suggests the traditional meat curing process should be changed after it was found to contain seven times as many cancer-causing nitrites than ordinary bacon and ham. … Read more
Ocado, Iceland and Co-op emerge as the lockdown winners as supermarket spending hits record high By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 22:43 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 23:14 BST, 21 July 2020 Ocado, Iceland and Co-op have emerged as the big lockdown winners as supermarket spending hit a record high. … Read more
The Co-op has given staff bodycams after more than 2,000 were attacked last year, including a worker who was knocked unconscious. The supermarket has rolled out personal safety gadgets which will record when shoppers become abusive and violent. Workers at more than 500 stores have been given the gizmos – which hang round staff members’ … Read more
Former Co-op exec Pippa Wicks joins John Lewis board to lead department store out of Covid crisis By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 24 June 2020 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 24 June 2020 Tough task: Pippa Wicks will help lead John Lewis out of the coronavirus crisis John Lewis has appointed … Read more
If what’s good for the goose is good for the gander, then what’s good enough for a former Prime Minister’s chickens has got to be good enough for mine. Which is how, earlier this week, I found myself lying prostrate on the grass attempting to construct the latest, most high-tech hen house on the market. … Read more
If you’ve played every board game and completed every jigsaw puzzle in your house, multiplayer video games might be another great option for some family fun. From Nintendo titles such as Mario Kart to Playstation 4 fan favourites like FIFA and Minecraft, we’ve rounded up 11 of the best family-friendly games to play local multiplayer with … Read more
He’s just one of the Normal People! Paul Mescal wears garish sports jacket to pick up prawn cocktail crisps, cider and gin in a tin from his local Co-op By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 11:02 BST, 26 May 2020 | Updated: 11:09 BST, 26 May 2020 He’s garnered international fame after starring as … Read more
A brave nurse has sent a heartbreaking apology to a church warden who was stabbed to death on a supermarket shopping trip saying: ‘I’m sorry I couldn’t save you.’ NHS worker Lisa Way, 53, was also injured in the attack inside a village Co-op where grandfather John Rees, 88, was killed as his wife Eunice … Read more