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Co-operative members, staff, Area Committee members and local volunteers in Goole joined forces to take part in one of the first “Together We Can” environmental challenges, organised by The Co-operative Membership, across the north of England.  The team of fifty volunteers came together on Sunday 13 May, at The Co-operative Farm in Goole, to learn all about how to be a “Habitat Hero” and protec...

The NHS in England is spending almost £50m each year to ensure the nation gets a good night’s sleep as job insecurity and money worries bite during the economic downturn, according to new research * out today (11 May 2012). Insomnia is a significant problem which now affects more than one in three adults ** . The Co-operative Pharmacy has investigated the provision of sleeping pills by the heal...

Our brand new free iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch game ‘The Pollinator’ is available to download from iTunes now! 'The Pollinator' is a bee sent back from the future to save bees from extinction. Your challenge is to move through three outdoor scenes - countryside, garden and urban - collecting as many bees as you can. Click here to download.  

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A Paisley funeral director has invested over £1million in a new fleet of funeral vehicles and refurbishment of the funeral home.

The Co-operative Funeralcare on Lady Lane has taken delivery of two new black Mercedes hearses and three black Mercedes limousines. Investment of £500,000 has been made in the vehicles, which feature the latest design in terms of comfort, spaciousness, visibility and technology.

A further £600,000 has been ploughed into refurbishment of the funeral home which has three arranging rooms, one service room capable of seating 70 people and five rest rooms. There is also a large car park.




Staff are holding an Open Day on Saturday, May 12th from 11am to 2pm when visitors will be able to look around the new home and also ask any questions they may have about funerals or take the chance to win a limo with driver for the day.




A range of coffins and of funeral vehicles including a horse-drawn hearse, a motorbike hearse and the new vehicles will be on display to demonstrate how people can personalise funerals to their individual tastes.

Manager Graeme Andrews said: “Families want their loved ones to have the best send-off they possibly can and the vehicles used are an important part of making that happen.
“Along with our beautiful new funeral homes this investment continues our commitment to supply the very best quality of service and care to everyone we serve.”

The vehicles will also be used by The Co-operative Funeralcare’s other two funeral homes at Church Street in Johnstone and Paisley Road in Barrhead.




Photo: Manager Graeme Andrews with his team and the new vehicles.

Innovative environmentally-friendly disposal scheme comes to The Co-operative Pharmacy throughout Scotland People in Scotland who use respiratory inhalers to treat their asthma and COPD can, for the first time, take steps to reduce their carbon footprint by returning their inhalers to a local Co-operative Pharmacy for recycling. Complete the Cycle, is an innovative respiratory inhaler take back...

An award-winning outdoor learning experience, called “From Farm to Fork”, is to be launched in Louth. Work is underway on the project, which will be run by The Co-operative Farms in partnership with Lincolnshire Co-operative, following an investment of £60,000. From Farm to Fork is an award-winning initiative aimed at schoolchildren to give them a greater appreciation of the outdoors and an...

The Co-operative Food has added some delicious new main course products to its own-brand ready-to-cook Eat In range . The Eat In range provides pre-prepared meat, poultry and fish main course products, plus ready-made vegetable side dishes that are easy to cook. Tempting new main dishes, perfect for even the most discerning foodies, include an amazing rack of lamb with a caramelised onion,...

Smokers in the UK are cutting down on the amount they light up when dark clouds loom above, according to new research by The Co-operative Pharmacy. A survey of 2,000 smokers’ workplace habits including builders, office workers, school teachers and health workers* has found that almost half (47 per cent) wouldn’t be prepared to brave the elements for a cigarette. Younger smokers were more likely...

The Co-operative Pharmacy has been awarded a five year outpatient dispensing contract with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This follows a formal tender process with an option to extend the contract for another two years.  The service will be delivered for Accident and Emergency patients and outpatients from two pharmacies, one at Bradford Royal Infirmary and another at St Luke...

The 50 bat boxes installed in summer 2011 on trees and buildings at Tillington Fruit Farms were checked for the first time yesterday and one small, furry resident was recorded – a common pipistrelle!  Under a licence from Natural England, each box was carefully opened and its contents inspected; this was carried out by Johnny Birks of Swift Ecology, assisted by Hannah Roberts.  Many of the boxe...

The Co-operative Group is extending its contactless payment technology to more than 200 food stores and pharmacy branches within the M25 in time for the Olympics, following successful trials. It will install the terminals at 175 food stores and 28 pharmacy branches, within the M25 in Greater London by the end of May, following successful trials at six pharmacy branches – five in Stoke-on-Trent...

Preliminary results for The Co-operative Group for the 52 weeks ended 31 December 2011 The Co-operative Group continues to invest through the economic downturn Financial performance 2011 2010 % change Gross sales £13.3bn £13.1bn +1.0% Group operating profit £585m  £582m +0.5% Profit before tax and member payments (equivalent to the pre-tax profit of a plc) £373m £396m -5.8% Net borrowings £1.49...

The Co-operative made history today (28 March) when it became the first major consumer brand to be granted alternative business structure (ABS) status under the new Legal Services Act. This means that the Co-operative Legal Services can offer the complete suite of consumer legal services which until now was only available from a firm of solicitors. Part of the Co-operative Group, Co-operative...

#7 Brits are unwittingly putting their health at risk by purchasing medicines from rogue* internet sites, according to research out today (27 March 2012). A study from The Co-operative Pharmacy** has found that over 50 per cent of people who purchase drugs and other health remedies on the internet won’t or don’t know how to check they are using a reputable and regulated pharmacy. The majority o...

The warm, sunny weather is certainly good news for bumblebees who are starting to look for nest sites to establish  their colonies. You’ve probably started seeing some bees around yourself, and a lot of people at this time of year remark on the size on the bees that they are seeing in their gardens. This is because most of the bees that you’ll be seeing at this time of year are queen bees who...

Following a formal tender process The Co-operative Pharmacy has been awarded a seven year outpatient dispensing contract with Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. The service will be delivered for Accident and Emergency patients and outpatients from a purpose-built pharmacy at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and from a newly refurbished area inside Calderdale Royal Hospital. The award...

The Co-operative Pharmacy’s first outpatient dispensary at Doncaster Royal Infirmary was officially opened this month by Chairman of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust, Chris Scholey and Managing Director of The Co-operative Pharmacy, John Nuttall. Following a competitive tender, a seven-year contract was awarded to The Co-operative Pharmacy last August.  Expected savings to the...

Budding young movie-makers are wanted for the cast and crew of five new feature films to be made by a youth film academy this summer. Involving up to 1,500 students in all aspects of movie making, The Co-operative British Youth Film Academy is embarking on an ‘epic’ challenge to shoot five films in five UK regions – North West, Yorkshire, East Midlands, West Midlands and Wales – during the scho...

The silver-screen beckons for the next generation of young movie-maker as The Co-operative British Youth Film Academy today announces its arrival into Wales. The Co-operative British Youth Film Academy (BYFA) is now searching for budding talent to join the cast and crew of a new full length feature film to be shot in Wales this summer. The first college in Wales to join the ranks of the BYFA  –...

The Co-operative Food has introduced daily deliveries of fresh food to its Uist and Benbecula stores, following a successful trial. Stores at Sollas on North Uist; Creagorry on Benbecula; and at Daliburgh, South Uist; will each now receive a delivery every day from Monday to Saturday, rather than just three days each week previously. Michael Boylan, The Co-operative Food’s Operations Manager fo...