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Midlands Co-operative Society Limited was the second largest consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom.〔After The Co-operative Group, see p.34 (''The UK co-operative economy 2012 – alternatives to austerity'' ) Co-operatives UK (retrieved 16 January 2014)〕 It was a registered Industrial and Provident Society,〔Registered in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985, No. 10143R〕 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. The Society had a wide-ranging and extensive portfolio with over 200 stores, principally trading in the English Midlands. Head office was located in Lichfield, Staffordshire. On 19 September 2013, it was announced that the boards of Midlands Co-operative Society and Anglia Regional 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 Anglia 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)〕 ==History== The Society traced its origins to the Derby Co-operative Provident Society which, in 1854, was one of the first co-operatives in the Midlands. In 1969, a number of Leicestershire societies merged to form the Leicestershire Co-operative Society. Similar circumstances occurred in 1985 across Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Birmingham forming the Central Midlands Co-operative Society. In 1995, the boards of the Leicestershire and Central Midlands societies, which were financially sound and trading profitably, agreed to merge. Since 1854, 72 separate mergers between different societies were undertaken to form the Midlands Co-operative. More recently, the Chesterfield Co-operative Society was absorbed by the Society in 2001, Ilkeston Co-operative Society in 2006, Raunds Co-operative Society in 2007, Moulton Co-operative Society in 2009 and Shepley Industrial and Provident Society in 2013. On 1 December 2013, the Midlands Co-operative Society merged with Anglia Regional Co-operative Society.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Midlands and Anglia Co-operative Societies merge )〕 The combined Society began trading as Central England Co-operative with effect from 25 January 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Midlands Co-operative Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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