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'''Midlands Co-operative Society Limited''' was the second largest [[consumer co-operative]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>After The Co-operative Group, see p.34 [http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Society/documents/2012/06/27/UKcooperativeeconomoy2012.pdf ''The UK co-operative economy 2012 – alternatives to austerity''] Co-operatives UK (retrieved 16 January 2014)</ref> It was a registered [[Industrial and Provident Society]],<ref>Registered in England and Wales under the [[Companies Act 1985]], No. 10143R</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.arcs.co.uk/common/pdf/Co-op_Together_as_One.pdf 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</ref> On 15 January 2014, members of the merged society approved a change of name to [[Central England Co-operative]] effective from 25 January 2014.<ref>[http://www.angliacooperative.co.uk/food/communityactivity/SocietytotradeasCentralEnglandCooperative.aspx Society trades as Central England Co-operative] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202124519/http://www.angliacooperative.co.uk/food/communityactivity/SocietytotradeasCentralEnglandCooperative.aspx |date=2014-02-02 }} Anglia Regional Co-operative Society (retrieved 16 January 2014)</ref>

The Society operated light-commercial vehicle servicing garages and [[Ministry of Transport|MoT]] testing stations in Leicester and Loughborough. It also had a single [[Suzuki]] car franchise in [[Kettering]], operating as The Co-operative Motor Group in Lincoln with Mazda, CitreonCitroën, Renault, Jeep, Chrysler and Harley Davidson franchises.

* {{Waybackdatecite web |url=site=http://www.ilkeston-coop.co.uk |title= |access-date=20050901074347March 1, 2018}}{{dead link|date=March 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} – the former Ilkeston Co-op site in 2005

[[Category:ConsumerConsumers' Coco-operatives of the United Kingdom]]