Advice Online


The Plunkett Foundation has developed a series of advice sheets covering all aspects of setting up and running a village community owned shop. You can either access them as pdf files from this page or if you prefer you can purchase a full set in hard copy. Please

contact us if you would like answers to questions not covered by these advice sheets.

All advice sheets are in PDF format approx 60Kb. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these documents.

You can download the following advice sheets.

Click on a heading for more information.

Getting started

Ready for trading

  

Shop Development

Customer

Legislation

Management

  • Shop questionnaire - This is a word document that can be adapted to suit your requirements.
  • Headings for operating profit and loss
  • Staff handbook This sample staff handbook for community owned shops has been kindly provided by Urchfont Community Shop and can be adapted for your own requirements.

See publications to order a full set of advice sheets.