Consultations

Ahead of the Welsh Assembly elections on Thursday 6 May, our Head of Policy, Chris Cowcher sets out the commitments we expect from those elected to help the community-owned business sector in Wales to grow and flourish. Plunkett already offers our support services to the existing 21 community shops, 10 community pubs [...]

Plunkett’s response to the government’s Right to Regenerate proposals The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has published proposals for a new “Right to Regenerate”, that reforms the existing Right to Contest, with the aim of making it easier to challenge councils and other public organisations to release land for redevelopment, helping [...]

Today Plunkett, along with other social enterprise support organisations, is responding to information provided by our members in a recent survey on COVID-19 financial support, led by UnLtd. Together we are working to influence the government to ensure that the support packages can work for you.   We know that community [...]

The UK hospitality industry provides around 3 million jobs and generates £130 billion, resulting in £38bn in taxation. However, unlike the Arts or Sports, there is no dedicated Minister for Hospitality. In light of the increasing challenges faced by the hospitality sector during the pandemic, there are now calls for such a Minister to [...]

The Scottish Government recently published a Draft Strategy for Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Research that will run from 2022-2027. This is an ambitious multidisciplinary programme with a budget of around £48 million a year. Its programme is divided into five main themes: Plant and animal health Sustainable food system and supply Human impacts [...]

Access to cash is an increasingly important issue, given the sharp decline in cash usage since the onset of the pandemic earlier this year. With card payments becoming increasingly common year-on-year, the government is seeking ways to protect access to cash. In rural areas, accessing cash withdrawal and deposit-taking services is more difficult than [...]

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, [...]