BUSINESS life: TLC extends into the community; BUSINESS AWARDS.FOR 30 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time Coventry Building Society The Coventry Building Society is a building society based in Coventry, England. It is the 5th largest in the United Kingdom based on total assets of £12.3 billion at 31 December 2006. has been committed to involvement with local communities which are home to many of its million members. But in 1998, the mutual society decided to put things on a more formal basis, establishing an independent charitable foundation from which various charities have benefited from more than pounds 190,000 so far. And that track record has helped the society become a finalist in the Evening Telegraph's Coventry Coventry, city, England Coventry (kŏv`əntrē, kŭv`–), city (1991 pop. 318,718) and metropolitan district, central England. Coventry is an industrial center noted for its automobile production. City Council-sponsored Contribution to the Community Award. As one of its recent moves, the 50- branch Coventry last year re-prioritised its corporate objectives - with the result that community involvement now ranks alongside targets for mortgages and savings. To help turn that objective into reality, community relations 1. The relationship between military and civilian communities. 2. Those public affairs programs that address issues of interest to the general public, business, academia, veterans, Service organizations, military-related associations, and other non-news media entities. officer Sharon Mace was recruited, and tasked solely with developing community involvement. A community action group was formed from among the society's 1,000 employees, and last year saw the launch of a further initiative - the TLC TLC total lung capacity; thin-layer chromatography. TLC abbr. 1. thin-layer chromatography 2. in the Community Programme to which the Coventry gave, in its first year, pounds 50,000 to help staff fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. ventures. "The programme results exceeded expectations - more than 270 worthwhile causes and an estimated 350,000 people benefited while well over half of our staff were personally involved," said chief executive Martin Ritchley. CAPTION(S): BOOST: Martin Ritchley (centre) with representatives of some of the good causes helped by the society |
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