Nominet, the company responsible for the .uk ccTLD, will introduce registrations at the 2nd level from 10 June 2014 – meaning that registrations of <brand.uk> will be  available, alongside registrations such as <brand.co.uk> and <brand.org.uk>.

Existing registrations at the 3rd level will continue to function as normal. However, the owners of existing 3rd level registrations will be offered a right of first refusal over the equivalent 2nd level domain name, according to a specified order of priority.