Archive for February, 2009

Loss of Equity in co-op movement: Co-operative News

 
A month into the grim new year and the first collapse of one of the big mutuals has occurred. Equity Shoes was part of the revered history both of the workers’ co-operative movement and of Leicester’s industrial scene.
 
Equity Shoes was a producers’ co-operative, manufacturing shoes in what had been an industrial heartland in Leicester. It [...]

Questions of Cash: ‘Does customer loyalty mean nothing to Barclays?’: The Independent

Q. In September, I overdrew by £10 at Barclays for less than a day and was charged £22. It was the first time in 36 years I’d made an error. The local manager said she no longer had discretion and that the charge was fixed. I wrote to head office about customer loyalty, but it [...]