Co-op looks to funeral arm in hunt for turnaround from cyber-attack Retail Co-op posted a jump in turnover at its funeral arm, as the member-owned group said it is setting out the foundations to recover from a costly cyber-attack last year. Kate Allum, interim chief executive of the food-to-insurance firm, said the group is facing a “year of two halves” and will see its turnaround plan deliver [...]
Co-op boss urges Miliband to support small firms Business The boss of the Co-op has urged Ed Miliband to rectify the host of “far-reaching challenges” impeding small businesses’ net zero efforts, warning that a paucity of cheap finance and planning red tape were getting in the way of firms’ ambitions. In a letter seen by City AM Shirine Khoury-Haq said Britain was at a [...]
Co-op boss: Reform broken business rates system at Budget Retail The current business rates system is “fundamentally broken” and is in need of urgent reform at the Budget, the chief executive of the Co-op has warned in an interview in which she also endorsed Labour’s contentious workers’ rights package. Shirine Khoury-Haq told the Today Programme that business rates were one of the driving forces behind [...]