City regulators told to halt Cerberus’s Co-op bid

City regulators under mounting pressure to block takeover of Co-op Bank by ‘aggressive’ private equity firm Cerberus By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 City regulators are under mounting pressure to block the takeover of Co-op Bank by ‘aggressive’ private equity firm … Read more

Co-op Bank deal spells ‘devastation for customers’, warns MP 

Co-op Bank deal with ‘aggressive’ US private equity firm spells ‘devastation for customers’, warns MP By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 22:23 GMT, 18 November 2020 The Co-op Bank is facing a backlash after it emerged it was holding takeover talks with ‘aggressive’ US private equity … Read more

TSB, Sainsbury’s Bank and Co-op on the block as bidders circle

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

Mother, 30, admits killing church warden, 88, in Co-op during stabbing spree

A 30-year-old mother has pleaded guilty to killing an 88-year-old church warden and stabbing three other shoppers in a frenzied knife attack in a crowded supermarket.     Mother-of-one Zara Anne Radcliffe stabbed John Rees in the face inside a Co-op shop while his 87-year-old dementia-suffering wife Eunice waited in their car in the village of Peygraig in the Rhondda, South Wales, in … Read more

Co-op Bank loses fifth boss in nine years as Andrew Bester quits

Co-op Bank loses fifth boss in nine years: Andrew Bester quits suddenly in the middle of a turnaround plan By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:12 BST, 6 October 2020 | Updated: 23:33 BST, 6 October 2020 Co-op Bank boss Andrew Bester has quit suddenly in the middle of a turnaround plan The Co-op … Read more

Co-op bank’s fifth boss in seven years says he will step down as soon as a successor can be found

Co-op bank’s fifth boss in seven years says he will step down as soon as a successor can be found Chief executive Andrew Bester steps down after two-and-a-half years in the role   The company confirms he will stay in place until a successor is found  He said his job with the company is done, and … Read more

Moment Co-op customer smashes two shelves of wine after being asked to follow shop’s one-way system

Moment Co-op customer smashes two shelves of wine in rage after being asked to follow the shop’s coronavirus one-way system The angry shopper started throwing items and yelling at staff after being asked to follow the shop’s one-way system  The footage shows her knocking wine bottles off the shelves in rage She then exits the … Read more

Co-op Bank axing 18 branches and slashing 350 jobs

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

Waitrose and Co-Op Wiltshire ham has nearly SEVEN times the cancer-causing nitrites as other meats

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

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