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.

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.

Membership was open to all residents of the Society's trading area, with members receiving a share of the profits in the form of dividend.

The Society operated light-commercial vehicle servicing garages and MoT testing stations in Leicester and Loughborough.