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Anglia Co-operative Society : ウィキペディア英語版 | Anglia Regional Co-operative Society
Anglia Regional Co-operative Society Limited was the fifth largest consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom. It was formed by the merger of the Greater Peterborough Regional and Anglia (formerly Waveney) co-operative societies in 1987. The Society had a wide-ranging and extensive portfolio with over 80 stores, principally trading in East Anglia.〔(Annual Report and Accounts ) Anglia Regional Co-operative Society, 6 September 2008〕 Head office was located at Westgate House, Peterborough until 2011. The Society was a registered Industrial and Provident Society,〔Registered in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985, No. 8644R〕 a member of the Co-operative Union, the Co-operative Retail Trading Group and a corporate member of The Co-operative Group (formerly Co-operative Wholesale Society), the largest consumer co-operative in the world.〔Section VII Administration (70) ''Rules of the Anglia Regional Co-operative Society'', 10 February 2005〕 On 19 September 2013, it was announced that the boards of Anglia Co-operative Society and Midlands Co-operative Society had agreed merger terms. Approved by members on 4 and 18 November, legal completion of the merger took place on 1 December, with the Society transferring engagements to Midlands Co-operative.〔(Together as One ) ''For members and employees of Anglia Co-operative Society'' Anglia Regional Co-operative Society and Midlands Co-operative Society, 19 September 2013〕 On 15 January 2014, members of the merged society approved a change of name to Central England Co-operative effective from 25 January 2014.〔(Society trades as Central England Co-operative ) Anglia Regional Co-operative Society (retrieved 16 January 2014)〕 ==Trading== Under its rules, “The objects of the Society are to carry on the business of a store-keeper, general dealer and universal provider in all its branches, and in particular to buy, sell, manufacture, produce, grow, cultivate and deal in goods, stores, consumable articles, chattels and effects of all kinds, both wholesale and retail and generally to engage in any business, trade or industry which may seem to the Society directly or indirectly conducive to the interests or convenience of the Society's members or any section thereof.”〔Section I Interpretation (4) ''Rules of the Anglia Regional Co-operative Society'', 10 February 2005〕 In addition, the aims stated, “The Society shall at all times conduct its business and affairs in accordance with the Rochdale Principles of Co-operation, as published from time to time by the International Co-operative Alliance, serving the needs of its customers, employees and the communities in which it trades.”〔Part of an amendment of the rules acknowledged by the Financial Services Authority on 30 January 2002〕 In practice, the Society’s principal undertakings at the time of merger with the Midlands Society, besides food and fuel retail, comprised the provision of funeral, optical, travel and foreign exchange services.〔(Interim Statement of Trading Activities ) Anglia Regional Co-operative Society, 21 February 2009〕 Its previous engagements include department and furniture stores, motor car dealerships, dispensing chemists, dairy and bakery.〔(A Romance of Co-operation ) (1941) East Anglian Film Archive, Cat. No. 1317 (retrieved 11 December 2011)〕
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