News Release: Winners of the Rural Community Business Awards 2022 announced Eight inspirational community-businesses from across the UK have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to their communities and as being the most inspiring enterprises of their kind by the Plunkett Foundation through its Rural Community Business Awards. Selected from 24 finalists, [...]
Plunkett - Benefact Trust support extended until the end of 2023 Plunkett is delighted to announce that Benefact Trust has extended its programme of funding until the end of 2023 enabling us to continue offering free business support and grants to help community groups and active Christian places of worship across the [...]
Celebrating the UK’s Best Community-owned Businesses Twenty-four community-owned businesses from across the UK have been shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Rural Community Business Awards. From a small island shop, a country market, rare-breed farm to a host of much-loved, thriving community pubs – a wide range of community-owned businesses have been recognised [...]
Cheers to the Success of Community Businesses in the East of England. Six community-owned businesses are celebrating awards success after they were announced as ‘winners’ at the Denbury Plunkett Communities Awards. The success of community-owned businesses across the East of England was celebrated at a packed Locks Inn, a community-owned pub in Geldeston [...]
Plunkett urges community businesses to respond to Government energy survey by 30 October 2022 The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have published a new survey, calling on businesses to provide information about their energy usage and the impact of rising costs on operations and service provision. It is of [...]
Summary of Plunkett's response to the consultation on the English portion of dormant assets funding Plunkett Foundation has responded to the consultation on the English portion of dormant assets funding, representing the views of rural community-owned businesses. The consultation follows the passing of the Dormant Assets Act, earlier this year and will [...]
New research, from the Plunkett Foundation's 'A Better Form of Business' reports, reveals strong community business growth and a growing movement of rural community grassroots campaigners. Despite extremely difficult trading conditions, the courage of rural communities is creating business growth where commercial companies fail. UK charity the Plunkett Foundation has published today, [...]
On Monday 10th October, a team of ten Thakeham colleagues will each be cycling 50 miles to raise money that will help fund Plunkett's work in supporting rural communities to set up and run community-owned businesses. The route that Amanda, Tom, Matt, Matt, Mark, Mark, John, Charlie, Alex and Caspar will be taking [...]
James Alcock, Plunkett Foundation’s Chief Executive responds to the announced energy price support for businesses. “After weeks of uncertainty and having received a growing number of calls from our members, expressing their concerns about the rising energy prices we were pleased to hear yesterday’s news, setting out a package of support for [...]
Voting is now open for the Denbury Plunkett Communities Awards 2022 Recognising the very best community businesses in the East of England. We're delighted to announce that our shortlisted award winners have now been decided and voting for the Denbury Plunkett Communities Awards is now open! These new awards, supported by Denbury Charitable [...]
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