^ I thought they were. Remember sometimes new domains come out that were not out before, I believe in this situation since it deals with UK being in the actual domain that is why a UK based company is in charge, heck they might have lead the forefront in making .co.uk available around the world - I'm not sure but would make sense.
Edit: Ohh and you're welcome Nick it didn't take too much time I was simply trying to be helpful

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