Business Advice
An Enterprise Support consultancy could give you up to 5 days FREE business support.
Together with 'Governance and Legal Structures', our sister project at Making Local Food Work, we are here to help community food enterprises grow, change direction or increase profitability in order to become or remain robust and sustainable.
For us, robust organisations have good governance, legal structures and management systems. Sustainable organisations work to a well thought out plan. They know where they are going and they have a route map to get there.
2 ways to access our support. If you are a Food Coop or buying group, Farmers' Market, community shop, CSA, Country Market or Distribution and Supply organisation, already working with Making Local Food Work, then contact your project officer or adviser.
If not, or aren't sure if you qualify as a community food enteprise, then phone Richard Snow at Plunkett on 01993 814388
or email richard.snow@plunkett.co.uk.
Download the Enterprise Support leaflet here
Service provision. Our regionally based, well qualified and experienced consultants are embedded in the social enterprise and food sectiors. They could assist with any of the following general or specialist areas.
Business planning
Developing a business plan (in a collective environment); feasibility studies; market research; marketing; strategic development
Employing people
HR and recruitment systems; employers’ statutory responsibilities; employee participation; collective management; managing volunteers; pensions; TUPE; Quality Assurance systems (e.g. IiP)
Finance
Raising loans; equity; community share issues; patient capital; investment readiness; financial management; financial accounting
Growing the business
Staffing; management systems; change management; franchising; mergers and acquisitions; IT systems and web-related feasibility studies
Managing assets
Asset transfer; community involvement and participation; providing local services; generating income from assets; land and building regulations
• Governance and Legal Structures - is provided by Co-operatives UK, or allow us to refer your enquiry on to them.
Other areas of business? Please ask. We also provide some training in the above.
To view casestudies of our work click here
