Debt-laden Co-op to flog its farms

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Britain Co op
Britain Co op

While the Co-op's bank losses have hit £1.3bn there's a smidgen of good news for the troubled group - rising land value prices. The Co-op is set to to sell off 17,800 acres of farmland across England and Scotland.

The timing is spot-on: while much has been made about house price gains in London and the South, British farmland has soared almost 275% in value in the last 10 years. %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

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