More than 70 politicians, partners and community business representatives gathered at the Houses of Parliament this week for the launch of Plunkett UK’s flagship research report, Community Ownership: a Better Form of Business. Ahead of the Autumn Budget, Plunkett UK called on support from government to ensure that community groups [...]
New research from Plunkett UK reveals that rural community-owned businesses are already delivering social, economic and environmental benefits that align directly with government ambitions – yet they remain under-recognised and under-supported in doing so. Encouraging growth Plunkett’s annual report, Community Ownership: A Better Form of Business shows that the [...]
From serving free coffee every Tuesday to improving the mental health of volunteers, James from Co-operatives UK and Andrew from Plunkett made a joint visit to find out how community-owned businesses go above and beyond to truly meet the needs of local people. We were pleased to welcome James Dady, [...]
Plunkett UK has welcomed the opportunity to respond to the Government’s Green Paper on ‘The Future of the Post Office’ this week. Over 300 Post Offices of various types are housed in community businesses nationwide, and are a lifeline for many rural communities, providing not only postal and banking services [...]
Community business charity Plunkett UK is delighted to announce a new three-year strategic partnership with the country's largest homebuilder, Barratt Redrow. The partnership between the two organisations is founded on a shared ambition to ensure community is embedded at the heart of new housing developments through the creation of democratic, [...]
Sophie Ziegler-Jones explains why partnering with Plunkett and supporting community-owned businesses is a natural fit for the co-operative wholesaler Suma, and describes how she was moved by our 2025 Awards. Back in July, I had the privilege of attending Plunkett UK’s Rural Community Business Awards, held at the Royal Society [...]
We are pleased to announce that Alison Jeffers has been named the new Chair of Trustees at Plunkett UK. Alison joined the Board in September 2022, having got to know Plunkett in her capacity as Chair of The Red Lion pub in the village of Preston, Hertfordshire – the UK’s first [...]
Stephen Nicol, Plunkett’s Chair, presented the Annual Report of the Trustees and Accounts at the charity’s AGM. On Wednesday 10 September 2025, Plunkett UK held its Annual General Meeting with members and representatives from across the community business sector. As part of the online meeting, we shared the Annual Report [...]
Wates Developments, a land, planning and development specialist driven by the purpose of creating places people can thrive, has announced a three-year strategic partnership with Plunkett UK. The new partnership with the national charity, which promotes and supports people in rural areas to set up and run successful community-owned businesses [...]
Plunkett UK has been awarded a multi-year grant from The Linbury Trust towards our community business service, which helps all forms of rural community-owned business at all stages of setting up and running, throughout the UK. The funding secured over the next three years will support Plunkett to safeguard this [...]
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