The Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) began in Manchester. It was a pioneer in improving working conditions for its employees. The name was changed to the Co-operative Group in 2001.
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Edward Owen Greening, 1836 - 1923, co-operator and social reformer, lived in ...
Mining magnate and politician in southern Africa. Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1890-96. As a businessman he founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which ...
Establihsed by George Barham in the late 19th century to sell milk-related things, such as the milk churns which Barham had invented.
Co-founder of Pret a Manger with Julian Metcalfe, who he met at the Polytechnic of Central London.
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