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The Minkey Wrote:

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> LL Co Op hardly qualifes as 'community run' - lol

> - where did you get that idea from?

>

> If a People's Supermarket type venture were to

> start up, it would soon close down if it were run

> ineptly.


Article in The Times today:


"A Big Society project, visited by David Cameron on the day he told the nation that the policy was his mission, is at risk of ?imminent closure?.


The People?s Supermarket, a food co-operative in which residents take it in turn to work voluntarily, has been told it has until tomorrow to pay off debts owed to Camden Council. The Times can reveal that bailiffs have already visited community members who run the supermarket, which was the focus of a Channel 4 series last year.


Kate Bull, its CEO, said the group were in ?grave danger? of not meeting tomorrow?s financial obligations and that closure could be ?imminent?..."


http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article3335198.ece (Subscription required)

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