Highburton Co-operative Society

Highburton Industrial and Provident Society Limited, or Highburton Co-op, was a small consumer co-operative based in the West Yorkshire village of Highburton, five miles southeast of Huddersfield. The Society was founded in 1857, buying the building from the church, and operating a single store on Towngate in the village. The Society claimed to being the world's oldest operating independent single retail co-operative outlet. In 2006, the Society held talks with the nearby Wooldale Co-op with a view to merging the two Societies' operations but these talks ended without a merger going ahead.

Highburton Industrial and Provident Society Limited
TypeConsumer Co-operative
IndustryRetail (Grocery)
Founded22 July 1857[1]
Defunct2009
FateShop closed; society still exists as of 2009
HeadquartersHighburton, Huddersfield, UK
Area served
Highburton, Yorkshire
Key people
Roger Wilson, General Manager
Highburton Co-op, days before closure in February 2009

Highburton Co-operative closed for business on 27 February 2009.[2]

The Highburton Industrial and Provident Society (Highburton Co-op) voted to go into liquidation on 23 March 2010.

The former Highburton Industrial and Provident Society (Highburton Co-op) building was acquired on 17 May 2010 by Property Compliance Solutions Limited. From 2010, and following building refurbishment, the property was divided into two leased units, the ground floor being a convenience new shop run by Mr Peter Clegg, and the first floor being occupied by PCS Asbestos Consultants Limited.[3]

References
  1. "Mutuals Public Register, Highburton Industrial and Provident Society Limited, number 173R". FSA. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  2. "Highburton Village Stores to close after 150 years". Huddersfield Examiner. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  3. "Joy after plans to resurrect village shop are unveiled". Huddersfield Examiner. 13 November 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2011.


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