West Midlands Co-operative Society (WM)
and Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-operative Society (OSG) have recently merged
to create the fourth largest co-operative society in the UK. The new co-operative
is called The Midcounties Co-operative.
The Food Division With 149 food retail stores the Midcounties Co-operative
is one of the largest independent food retailers in country. Operating food
stores in both the OSG and WM region.
The Travel Division trades as Co-op Travel throughout the
area, where it is the largest independent travel agent and also operates a travel
Contact Centre on 0870 243 0800.
http://www.cooptravel.co.uk
The Pharmacy Division has 34 pharmacy branches and one specialist beauty
and gift branch. We have one branch in the Southern trading area, Swindon, with
the remainder located in the West Midlands. Each year our 230
staff dispense more than 2 million prescription items and as well as providing a
traditional dispensing service we offer a wide range of extended services to our
customers, such as support to quit smoking, a weight management service and asthma
reviews.
The Funeral Division offer a complete and caring funeral service including
support before, during and after the funeral through our free bereavement aftercare
service. http://www.coopfunerals.coop/
Motorworld is a co-operative car dealership. Our various
franchises make up the Motor Group of the OSG Region. We're owned by people
like you, our customers. We live by the co-operative values that have gained
the Co-op its status as a highly reputable and trustworthy organisation.
http://www.motorworld.coop/
Co-operative IT has been at the forefront of value-based technology
innovation, offering the best in system design and development, managed services
and consultancy. From award winning content management systems to innovative EPOS
developments; from the provision of data warehouse managed services to the running
of a domain name registry. http://www.cit.coop
Imagine Co-operative Childcare launched into the childcare market
in 2002 with the rescue of Little Scholars Nursery, a much-needed community service.
At the heart of our co-operative model our desire is to put the needs of the children
first. We will ensure their care and education is of the highest quality.
http://www.imagine.coop
To find out more about Midcounties Co-op, please visit our main site at \
www.midcounties.coop
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