The Plunkett Community Shop Network (PCSN) is a membership scheme run by and for community shops with the Plunkett Foundation. The PCSN takes advantage of the purchasing scale of community shops in the UK (£35m) and provides the mechanism for shops to be better represented at a national level. With 268 currently trading in the UK, and opening at a rate of 20 a year, there has never been a better time for community shops to come together and work together. Click here to find out more or join!

One of the benefits secured by the Network is green energy procured through the Co-operative Group. This means that members of the PCSN can now purchase electricity at the same rates as the Co-operative supermarkets and other businesses, potentially saving £00s each year. Other purchasing benefits include insurance, chip and pin services, Epos terminals and software, and retail fixtures and fittings.