That said, there is one wannabe bidder for Verde with advanced status: Co-operative Banking Group, owner of the Co-operative Bank, Smile and Britannia.
Commercial Secretary to the Treasury Lord Sassoon set out the reforms this would introduce, such as abolishing the minimum age for joining a co-operative and removing the restriction on the maximum holding on non-withdrawable shares from a co-operative.
For its part, old Labour will be mindful that the word "socialist" first appeared in November 1827 in the Co-operative magazine - a vehicle for the ideas of Robert Owen, who sought to run his textile mill in Lanark on co-operative lines.
"Anyway you look at it the crisis will affect our organisation commercially, we have fewer contracts than the year before, " says co-operative co-ordinator Teofilo Beingolea.
One of Phoenix's major strengths is that it is a real co-operative effort and co-operation will be the key to Rover's future success.
If the local politicians had been more co-operative with the state leadership, we would have been helped quicker.
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Only once mankind is emancipated will people act according to their true, co-operative nature.
Such a happy outcome hangs upon pursuing reforms that are both credible and co-operative.
Formed four years ago, the Schools Co-operative Society now has 340 members across the country.
As this issue has moved up policymakers' agendas, some havens have voluntarily become more co-operative.
Two of Samso's turbines are owned by a co-operative of around 450 of the island's residents.
In September, the club was saved from administration after reaching an agreement with the Co-operative bank.
We shall only succeed in dealing with the problems through a vast international, co-operative effort.
In a growing trend in Spain, the solar park is a co-operative, with 750 individual owners.
Gaufron Developments said it planned to relocate a Co-operative store to the school site.
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"Here was a genuinely co-operative effort in thrift, born of necessity, " said a supporter in 1947.
Victor Conte, owner of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative, or BALCO, also admitted to money-laundering.
Where the government could make a difference, some say, is by becoming a more co-operative customer.
Lennon's side have also reached the Co-operative Insurance Cup final, where they will also face Rangers.
She said her daughter met Mr Zefaj when they both worked for the Co-operative Bank.
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Lloyds is in protracted discussions with the Co-operative Group to sell it around 630 branches.
The Vikings are third in the Co-operative Championship after losing three of their last four matches.
Initially, relations between Michael and Terri's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, were close and co-operative.
That can be achieved in many ways, including through federations, clusters of schools and co-operative trusts.
He said it sent a clear message that Jersey was a "well-regulated, co-operative and transparent jurisdiction".
In 2009, the Britannia Building Society announced it would merge with Co-operative Financial Services.
Thomas Cook and the Co-operative Group merged their High Street travel businesses in 2010.
Co-operative Travel shops in Strabane, Coleraine, Limavady, Newtownbreda, Antrim and Bangor are also set to shut.
The co-operative now has until the end of the year to clean up its selling system.
Two days after arriving in Japan, I was in the dolphin hunters' co-operative in Taiji.
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