The Co-operative Group is to sell off all of its 9,000 acres of farmland in Leicestershire as part of a plan to "refocus" the national business. Its farms on the Stoughton Estate, east of Leicester, make up nearly a fifth of the group's total 50,000-acre agricultural holding in England and Scotland. The site includes Leicester Airport. News of the sale came as a total surprise to the local farming community, as it filtered out via social media before the group confirmed the move this...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 9 hours ago.
The Co-operative Group is to sell off all of its 9,000 acres of farmland in Leicestershire as part of a plan to "refocus" the national business. Its farms on the Stoughton Estate, east of Leicester, make up nearly a fifth of the group's total 50,000-acre agricultural holding in England and Scotland. The site includes Leicester Airport. News of the sale came as a total surprise to the local farming community, as it filtered out via social media before the group confirmed the move this...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 9 hours ago.