Plunkett Foundation's Chief Executive, James Alcock, hosted an in conversation event to launch the 2020 Better Form of Business Reports. The reports provide an insight into the health of the community pub and community shop sectors, and capture the headline trends of 2019. Although based on 2019 data, the reports give an initial view [...]
Watch the recording of a Zoom call created for trading community pubs to discuss the rules and legislation around the lockdown, including the furlough scheme. The session was opportunity for pub groups to raise questions, discuss with peers and a panel of experts from the sector, share learnings from the previous lockdown and chat [...]
Plunkett’s response to the government’s Planning White Paper On 29th October 2020, the Plunkett Foundation submitted a response to government’s Planning White Paper, which proposes to ‘streamline and modernise’ England’s planning process. We were concerned at the lack of detail in some of the proposals and the negative effects they could have for rural communities, [...]
The Plunkett Foundation releases the 2020 ‘Better form of Business Reports’ on Community Pubs and Community Shops Rural community owned businesses were in robust health as Covid-19 hit, and displayed a unique innovation and flexibility to serve those who needed them when Britain was under national lockdown. Known [...]
Plunkett adviser, Corinna Hartwig, discusses ways that community businesses can stay digitally connected with members, volunteers and the wider community. Corinna encourages viewers to consider who makes up their local community, and suggests how to decide on messages, plan and schedule content using different digital tools. Corinna illustrates how to create digital newsletters, via platforms [...]
Jen Lobley from Acas discusses the stages of redundancy; including the legal requirements, the benefits of consultation, and how to calculate a redundancy payment. Jen will also touch on other aspects of employment law, such as ensuring your selection criteria isn’t discriminatory, and how much notice to give. This free webinar was hosted by [...]
This webinar and the associated resource look at steps that the management committee of a community shop can take to deal with financial issues and ensure good financial practice. The webinar, presented by Plunkett's Community Business Manager, Alison Macklin, discusses overheads and running costs, profit margins, and considerations around card/cash sales and stock. The [...]
This webinar looks at how a Co-op model can be an option to address major environmental and social challenges, and will discuss how you can take an idea and inspire a community, and the steps that need to be taken to convert an idea into reality. These ideas can be turned into projects to [...]
Join Plunkett business adviser Mark McTaggart in conversation with the Antwerp Arms pub group, the local community group running this urban pub in the heart of its diverse community in Tottenham, to hear about their journey to community ownership. This free webinar was hosted by Plunkett Foundation on 13th October 2020, and was funded [...]
Community engagement is key to the success of any community based enterprise. This webinar, led by Morven Lyon from Community Shares Scotland, explores methods of consulting and engaging your community. Examples include original and inspiring cases of effective community engagement – providing you with creative ideas and resources to apply to your community run [...]
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