Creating better community businesses for the environment is a key ambition within Plunkett's new strategy. In this case study, discover how one award-winning community business is turning that ambition into action. Tackling climate change is one of the many ways community businesses create lasting impact in their communities. Across Plunkett's membership [...]
Plunkett UK Chief Executive, James Alcock, reflects on this week’s debate about the countryside, and why rural communities should have the power and support to shape the places they live. I’ve been following with interest the debate about rural Britain coming out of this week’s Labour Party Conference. Comments from [...]
How changes at Down Ampney Village Shop and Café have increased footfall, brought local people together and put the business on a stronger, more sustainable footing. At the start of 2025, the community-owned shop in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire was at risk of closure, with falling footfall and ongoing losses. Fast-forward [...]
In the final edition of our impact series, we focus on how community-owned businesses promote equity, diversity and inclusion by creating welcoming spaces for all. “This pub is the heart of the village, physically and emotionally. This is a special place.” These words from Lou, a volunteer at The Maybush [...]
In the penultimate edition of our Impact Report series, we focus on how community businesses create opportunities for employment, training and volunteering. When a rural business closes, the impact reaches far beyond the loss of a local shop, pub or café. As our Impact Report series has highlighted, community businesses provide [...]
When Kilchoan's only shop, post office and fuel station faced closure, the community has come together to pursue community ownership and secure its future, with support from Plunkett. At Plunkett UK’s 2026 Rural Community Business Awards, the Kilchoan Community Shop and Service Station project was named a finalist in the [...]
In the next post of our impact series, we spotlight how community-owned businesses save and provide vital services to their communities “Woodcroft isn’t a through route anymore; it’s a community and without Plunkett it wouldn’t be here.” This quote, shared by members of The Rising Sun in Woodcroft, at our [...]
Prior to this year's Rural Community Business Awards, Plunkett hosted the ‘Community Business Exchange’, a dedicated networking session designed to bring community business representatives together in one room. From the Scottish Highlands to the coast of Cornwall, community businesses – with Plunkett’s support - are transforming lives and places across the [...]
In the first of our five-blog series, we focus on ‘Boosting the Local Economy’, one of the five impact areas highlighted in our 2026 Impact Report that showcases the strength, resilience and value of community-owned businesses. Did you know that for every £1 spent with a community business, 56p stays [...]
We speak to Plunkett’s Impact Officer, George Ogier, who shares more about his first year in the role. You have previously spent two years as Plunkett’s Project Support Officer. What inspired you to move into the impact side of community businesses? I’ve lived with cerebral palsy since birth, and some [...]
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