The Co-operative Banking Group has boosted its bid to become a major banking force in Scotland by raising more than £200 million from its first big disposal.
The Co-operative Banking Group has boosted its bid to become a major banking force in Scotland by raising more than £200 million from its first big disposal.
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SIMON BAIN
The Co-operative is in a race against time to acquire from Lloyds Banking Group the 600 branches which have to be separated from the group by the end of 2013, 180 of which in Scotland would revert to their historic TSB brand.
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