and quality of beer. The Citizens Advice Bureau, a free service that provides legal advice, practical help and information on consumer rights across the country. Consumer Council for Water (formerly known as Watervoice) Consumer Direct (abolished per 31 March 2012 with its functions being passed to local trading standards departments and Citizens Advice Bureau) Consumer Focus (formerly National Consumer Council). The Government announced as part of the October 2010 spending review that Consumer Focus will be abolished, with the Consumer Direct helpline taken over by Citizens Advice. Some of Consumer Focus' functions would transfer to Citizens Advice Bureaux, Citizens Advice Scotland and the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland following the Public Bodies Act 2011 and any necessary secondary legislation. The transfer is expected to begin April 2013 and be complete by April 2014. General Consumer Council of Northern Ireland Good Garage Scheme, an automobile repair shop motoring scheme Postwatch Which? - formerly the Consumers Association - a consumer advocacy organisation which has substantial powers (for example to take representative actions under the Competition Act 1998) but which is primarily a lobbying organisation funded entirely by subscriptions to its regular consumer information magazine. United States Alliance for Justice Better Business Bureau Consumer Action Consumer Federation of California Consumers Union, publishers of Consumer Reports Consumer Watchdog, formerly the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights FlyersRights.org Public Citizen Consumer Federation of America Center for Science in the Public Interest (food/nutrition) National Consumers League U.S. Public Interest Research Group Consumer magazines By 1969 most capitalist countries with developed marketplaces hosted consumer organizations that published consumer magazines which reported the results of product testing. Internationally, the idea of consumer organizations spread from Consumers Union in the United States starting in 1956. The growth of interest in product testing journalism might be explained by increased consumption of mass-marketed products in and before that period. That increased international consumption itself was an effect of the aftermath of World War II. In the 25 years after World War II, there was a correlation between the number of people in a country who were purchasing cars and the popularity of consumer magazines. In some cases, an increase in other consumer purchases seemed to drive popularity of consumer magazines, but the correlation was closest for populations who made decisions about buying cars. The availability of consumer magazines comforted consumers when individuals in society suddenly became overwhelmed with marketplace decisions,