Head of Policy and Communications, Chris Cowcher, sets out Plunkett UK’s view on the election and encourages community businesses to be local champions. The date has finally been confirmed and the six weeks of official campaigning ahead of the UK General Election has begun. On the morning of Friday 5 [...]
Plunkett UK is commencing our annual state of sector research, 'Community Ownership: A Better Form of Business'. We’re asking all trading community businesses to respond to a survey to help us understand how they’re faring. ‘Community Ownership: A Better Form of Business’ is a series of research reports that [...]
The opening in West Sussex marks a major milestone in our trailblazing partnership with Thakeham. A pioneering community-owned shop, placed at the heart of Thakeham’s Woodgate development near Pease Pottage in West Sussex, has opened its doors. The launch is a significant milestone in a trailblazing partnership between leading local [...]
Funding will continue to support our dedicated training hub for community businesses. Plunkett UK is delighted to have again been awarded a grant from the Royal Warrant Holders Association (RWHA) Charity Fund to support its dedicated training hub for community-owned businesses. Following a nomination from McFarlane Telfer Ltd, warrant [...]
Plunkett UK’s latest research shows the largest growth in the number of community-owned businesses since the pandemic. More new community-owned businesses opened across the UK, with Plunkett’s support, in the last calendar year than at any other time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic four years ago. Data from [...]
Invaluable networking events for rural community-owned pubs in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire will continue to take place, thanks to a grant of £3,900 by the East of England Co-op’s Community Cares Fund. Plunkett UK's East of England Community Pubs Network supports the region's community-owned pubs to better understand [...]
The most comprehensive database of English Assets of Community Value has been updated by Plunkett UK. Plunkett UK has updated the information held on its Keep it in the Community database, which contains information related to all registered, rejected, expired and removed Assets of Community Value from across England. [...]
Chris Cowcher, Plunkett’s Head of Policy and Communications, provides a review of what was announced by the Chancellor at today’s Spring budget. Billed as the last budget before the election, the Chancellor's budget was always going to draw headlines. Whether it was the way he spoke, or the number [...]
A community group based in a village near Ely are the first grant recipients of a new programme made possible by a partnership between Plunkett UK and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. Haddenham Sports and Social Club will use the development and feasibility grant of £5,000 to revitalise their building [...]
New research by Plunkett UK, commissioned and funded by Building Communities Trust (BCT), sets out recommendations to grow the community ownership sector in Wales. Click here to download the Executive Summary (Welsh) Click here to download the full report (Welsh) Click here to download the Executive [...]
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