Adam Swersky

The community business market in 2016

Repository entry 1 November 2016

The Power to Change Research Institute commissioned Social Finance in July 2016 to provide an updated assessment of the state of the community business market. This follows ‘What if we ran it ourselves?’ and ‘The State of the Community Business Market’.

The report finds that the number of community businesses in England has grown by 5%…

The community business market in 2016 – Research Summary

Repository entry 1 November 2016

# Preview | Download RI-04S-The Community Business Market in 2016.pdf174kB Author(s) Doug Hall Tom Davies Adam Swersky Citation Hall, D., Davies, T. and Swersky, A. (2016) The community business market in 2016 – Research Summary. Research Report. Power to Change.

The community business market in 2015

Repository entry 1 March 2016

The Power to Change Research Institute commissioned Social Finance in September 2015 to provide an updated assessment of the state of the community business market. This followed Social Finance’s original report on the community business market, What If We Ran It Ourselves?, published in January 2015, based on research conducted by Social Fin…

“What if we ran it ourselves?” – Getting the measure of Britain’s emerging community business sector

Repository entry 1 January 2015

A report from Social Finance has revealed new findings about the current state and scope of the community business sector. The report finds that there are around 4,500 community businesses in England and Wales, with a combined income of £800m a year and assets of £1 billion. These community businesses employ around 24,000 staff and engage nea…