About
James joined the Foundation in 2007 and was central to the creation of its community business service – the only dedicated support service for rural community businesses UK-wide. This service now consists an advice line, business support, training and events. James also led the creation of Plunkett’s Membership service, and more recently, an Information Hub which acts as a data, research and policy unit within the organisation.James is passionate about rural issues and is an active member of a number of national partnerships and alliances that seek to influence public policy for the good of communities.
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New research shows how community-owned businesses are committed to social and...
Plunkett Foundation’s annual state of the sector report ‘Community Ownership: A Better Form of Business’ shows that despite facing significant challenges because of the cost-of-living and energy price crises, the community-ownership sector remains focussed on delivering social, economic and environmental impact.
Plunkett Foundation joins B4 to build connections and share expertise
Plunkett Foundation is delighted to be welcomed as one of B4’s latest Platinum members. Joining the network came highly recommended from several existing members and once they had spoken to CEO, Richard Rosser, they had no doubts about joining.