Plunkett Foundation welcomes new funding for rural community business

The Prince’s Countryside Fund has given the organisation a £40,000 grant to support mentorship, specialist advice…

Villagers in the South Downs revive local pub as community business

The Blue Bell in Cocking, West Sussex, closed in 2017 but has been saved from the…

Bright Ideas Fund to help 150 community business start-ups

The funding is allocated through the £3.2m Community Business Bright Ideas Fund

Setting up community businesses: Lessons from US social enterprises

We speak to Aine Craven, from Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, about her fact-finding trip to the States

Power to Change allocates new funding for community businesses

The funding is provided through the Community Business Trade Up Programme run by the School for…

Community businesses celebrated at Plunkett Foundation’s annual awards

Village stores and a bakery were among the winners at the Rural Community Ownership Awards

Plunkett Foundation announces five-year strategy to support community business

'We aim to be more focused and to target our resources and efforts more clearly and…

Power to Change fund open for applications from community businesses

The Bright Ideas Fund will be open for applications between 26 June and 31 July 2018

Boost for community business as survey shows investors warming to ethical funds

The report comes from assets manager Mongoose Energy, which has worked with ventures like Heart of…

How immigrants built Britain’s community businesses

From Jewish immigrants through to African-Caribbean radicals, there have been waves of inspirational people who have…

Co-operatives UK joins national network to boost community businesses

A national peer network has been set up to help the UK’s growing number of community…

Community-owned business growth at highest level since the pandemic

Plunkett UK figures show 32 new organisations opened in 2023