Together Hopkins and Plunkett are responding to the current crisis and supporting community businesses across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and rural Essex to recover and thrive during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Plunkett Foundation's Community Business Manager, Alison Macklin, shares her advice on wellbeing in light of added pressures caused by Coronavirus
Community shops can sometimes take months, even years, to go from the initial idea to opening the doors. But in Brent Knoll, Somerset, when the coronavirus crisis struck the community decided they needed the shop immediately - and managed to open their 'emergency shop' shop in days.
New emergency support which aims to help community businesses facing a loss of trading income in light of the COVID-19 crisis has been announced by Plunkett's partner organisation Power to Change.
A dedicated programme of support has been launched by the Plunkett Foundation with funding from the Co-op to support rural community businesses across the UK.
Wholesaler Booker has shared this statement with the Plunkett Foundation in response to the ongoing challenge that many rural community shops have reported over securing the vital stock they need.
Plunkett adviser Dave Hollings shares his experiences and advice on business support from the government for dealing with Covid-19.
Plunkett's new membership manager joins the charity to lead and develop our membership strategy and campaigns.
Volunteers are the backbone of many community businesses - without them many simply would not exist. Plunkett's community business manager Alison Macklin looks at how get the best out of the people who make your business what it is.
Statement from Dawood Pervez, Managing Director, Bestway Wholesale: "Bestway always has and always will be committed to the independent retailer and local rural community shops and I know from speaking to many of you personally that thanks to your tremendous commitment to the local communities you serve, you and your teams are doing everything [...]
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