DotCooperation is managed by which largest independent consumer co-operative in the UK?
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DotCooperation DotCooperation LLC (dotCoop) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the U.S. based National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) created in 2001 to manage the .coop top-level domain. Midcounties Co-operative, through its subsidiary Midcounties Co-operative Domains, manages the technical operations of the .coop registry under a contract with dotCoop. In 2012, Midcounties Co-operative Domains changed hands, to become simply Domains.coop, a wholly owned subsidiary of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA).
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Midcounties Co-operative The Midcounties Co-operative is the largest independent consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom. Registered in England under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, it is a member of Co-operatives UK and the Co-operative Retail Trading Group.
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Shepley Co-operative Society Shepley Industrial and Provident Society was a small consumer co-operative based in the West Yorkshire village of Shepley in England. The Society, which was founded in 1852, operated a single co-operative foodstore on Station Road.
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Which? Which? is a brand name used by the Consumers' Association, a registered charity (No. 296072) and company limited by guarantee (No. 580128), which is based in the United Kingdom. It exists to promote informed consumer choice in the purchase of goods and services by testing products, highlighting inferior products or services, raising awareness of consumer rights and offering independent advice. The association owns several businesses, including "Which? Financial Services Limited" ("Which? Mortgage Advisers"), "Which? Legal Limited", and "Which? Limited", which publishes the "Which?" magazine.
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O2 Store The O2 Store is a chain of retail stores operated by Telefónica Europe, specializing in mobile phones. As of January 2014, O2 has opened over 450 stores in the United Kingdom. O2 Stores come in 2 formats - Franchise and Retail. The latter are owned and maintained by O2 UK directly, as opposed to private investors. The majority of stores have an O2 Guru, effectively a Technical Specialist. This free service is offered to all consumers, whether they are a Telefonica customer or not.
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Sainsbury's Local Sainsbury’s Convenience Stores Limited (trading as Sainsbury’s Local) is a chain of 770 convenience stores operated by the UK's second largest supermarket chain Sainsbury's. Sainsbury's Local stores have different branding and fascia to the company's supermarkets.
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National Association of Co-operative Officials The National Association of Co-operative Officials (NACO) is a trade union for staff in the co-operative sector in the United Kingdom, principally the Co-operative Group and other retail societies, Co-operatives UK and the Co-operative Party.
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Latvian-British Chamber of Commerce The Latvian-British Chamber of Commerce is an independent institution, NGO, and social enterprise based in Bristol, South West, UK. It was first established in 2010. The mission of the Latvian-British Chamber of Commerce is to "encourage, promote and foster business interests and commercial relations between Latvia and the UK within the core fields of technology, innovation and start-ups."
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The Co-operative Group The Co-operative Group, trading as The Co-op, is a British consumer co-operative with a diverse family of retail businesses including food retail; electrical retail; financial services; insurance services; legal services and funeralcare, with in excess of 4,200 locations. It is the largest consumer co-operative in the UK and owned by more than 4 million active members. Membership is open to everyone aged 16 and over in the society, provided they agree to subscribe £1 sterling in the capital of the society out of their first share of the profits and share the values & principles upon which the group was founded. Members are democratically involved in setting business strategy, decide how social goals are achieved, and share in its profits - in the 2016 £19m was returned to members and their chosen local community causes via the 5+1 scheme. No year end dividend was paid in 2015.
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Norwegian Consumer Council The Consumer Council of Norway (Norwegian: "Forbrukerrådet") is a Norwegian government agency and consumer protection organisation established in 1953. Its objectives are to work to increase consumer influence in society, to contribute to consumer-friendly developments, and to promote measures that strengthen the position of consumers. The Consumer Council is free to develop an independent consumer policy, and is independent of commercial interests and other organisations.
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Dot Mobile Dot Mobile Limited was a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the UK, founded in 2005 by Jamie Harris, which used the Vodafone network. The business was aimed at students. It entered administration on 18 March 2008.
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London Co-operative Society The London Co-operative Society was a consumer co-operative society in the United Kingdom.
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Co-operative Travel Trading Group The Co-operative Travel Trading Group (or CTTG) was the central buying group for co-operative travel agents in the United Kingdom. It was established along the same lines as the Co-operative Retail Trading Group when the Co-operative Group merged its own five travel operations in 2003.
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Citizens Advice Citizens Advice (previously Citizens Advice Bureau and also known as Cyngor ar Bopeth in Welsh) is a network of 316 independent charities throughout the United Kingdom that give free, confidential information and advice to assist people with money, legal, consumer and other problems. The twin aims of the Citizens Advice service are "to provide the advice people need for the problems they face" and secondly "to improve the policies and principles that affect people's lives". This research and campaigns agenda also known as "social policy" is more preventative in nature and designed to stop problems arising in the first place.
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The Co-operative Banking Group Co-operative Banking Group Limited (originally Co-operative Financial Services) was a UK-based banking and insurance company and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Co-operative Group. Established in 2002; its head office was located at the CIS Tower, Miller Street, Manchester.
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Widget UK Widget UK is a consumer electronics distribution, based in Stevenage, England.
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Stevenson Leisure UK Stevenson Leisure UK is a moderate multidiscipline leisure organisation that owns and manages various small organisations including cafés, public houses, hotels, and holiday homes. Until 2014 the organisation also operated a chain of grocery/mini supermarket style stores however these were closed due to a "decline in the requirement of smaller stores in rural areas as online shopping is the favoured option of modern customers"., according to a statement from their management.
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Tesco Mobile Tesco Mobile Limited (trading as Tesco Mobile) is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. It is operated by Tesco, using the O2 network as its carrier except in Hungary, where the network operator is Vodafone and Ireland, where the network operator is Three Ireland.
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Farmcare Farmcare Trading Limited is the largest lowland farming organisation in the United Kingdom. Farmcare traded as The Co-operative Farms while a subsidiary of The Co-operative Group until it was sold to the Wellcome Trust in 2014.
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Trailfinders Trailfinders is a travel company in the United Kingdom and Ireland and is notable for being the largest independently owned travel company in the United Kingdom. Trailfinders has 29 travel centres in the UK and three in Ireland. The company specialises in tailormade travel worldwide.
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VoxPro VoxPro is a large corporate multinational provider of outsourced multilingual customer service and technical support services for international brands. It is the largest in its industry in Ireland or the UK.
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Channel Islands Co-operative Society The Channel Islands' Co-operative Society is a long-established consumer co-operative with stores in the Channel Islands. Its head office is located in Saint Helier in Jersey.