Ipswich_Industrial_Co-operative_Society
Ipswich Industrial Co-operative Society
Former consumer co-operative in Ipswich, England
The Ipswich Industrial Co-operative Society (IICS) was a co-operative society established in Ipswich, Suffolk on 3 March 1868.[1] Although it merged with the Norwich Co-operative Society, formed in 1858, the ongoing organisation retained the registration details of the IICS. This was also retained when the subsequent Ipswich and Norwich Co-operative Society merged with the Colchester and East Essex Co-operative Society 2005 to form the East of England Co-operative Society (EECS). Thus the EECS celebrated its 150 birthday in 2018.[2]