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Supporting analysis of the community business market in 2017
Published: 2017
This technical appendix supports Power to Change’s 2017 report on the community business market. It provides more detail on the technical details of estimating market size for individual sub-sectors, and for the market overall. There are three appendices in this document. – Appendix A covers the survey and qualitative methods adopted on the…
The community business market in 2017
Published: 2017
Each year, the Power to Change Research Institute commissions research to estimate the size and shape of the community business sector in England.
This year’s report considers the structure, size and shape of the community business market in England in 2017 and considers the outlook for the year ahead. The report follows on from those of 201…
The community business market in 2017 – Research Summary
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-11S-The Community Business Market in 2017.pdf237kB Author(s) Abigail Diamond Tim Vorley Oliver Mallett John Higton Sophie Spong Andrew Corley Irshad Mulla Citation Diamond, A., Vorley, T., Mallett, O., Higton, J., Spong, S., Corley, A. and Mulla,
The Economics of Community Asset Transfers: An Economic Framework to define and measure Social Value in Community Asset Transfers
Published: 2017
A common feature across community businesses in different sectors is for their business model to be heavily reliant on and/or driven by Community Asset Transfers (CATs). A CAT is the transfer of the ownership and/or management of an asset from its public-sector owner (usually a local authority) to a community organisation for less than market v…
Alt Valley Community Trust
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-10-CS-Alt Valley Community Trust.pdf575kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) Alt Valley Community Trust. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: North West
Bristol Community Ferryboats
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-10-CS-Bristol Community Ferryboats.pdf599kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) Bristol Community Ferryboats. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: South West
Burton Street Foundation
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-10-CS-Burton Street Foundation.pdf823kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) Burton Street Foundation. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: Yorkshire and the Humber
Bytham Community Shop
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-10-CS-Bytham Community Shop.pdf778kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) Bytham Community Shop. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: East Midlands
Community accountability in community businesses
Published: 2017
In 2017, IVAR was commissioned by Power to Change to undertake research exploring community accountability within the community business sector. Power to Change sees community accountability as one of the core characteristics of community businesses and requires the businesses it supports to demonstrate how the local community is involved in th…
Community accountability in community businesses – Research Summary
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-10S-Community accountability.pdf66kB Author(s) Eliza Buckley Mike Aiken Leila Baker Houda Davis Richard Usher Citation Buckley, E., Aiken, M., Baker, L., Davis, H. and Usher, R. (2017) Community accountability in community businesses – Research Summary. Research Report.
Crediton Community Bookshop
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-10-CS-Crediton Community Bookshop.pdf773kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) Crediton Community Bookshop. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: South West
Economic appraisal of community asset transfers
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download G-2017-11-Economic appraisal of community asset transfers.pdf19MB Author(s) Federico Bruni Robert Marks Stuart Newman Vyara Ruseva Citation Bruni, F., Marks, R., Newman, S. and Ruseva, V. (2017) Economic appraisal of community asset transfers. Practice Guide. Power to