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Recent Community Shops News Stories

Would you like to know more about the basic principles of good financial management?...

Ryburgh village in Norfolk has been celebrating a successful first year of trading for its...

Ashton Hayes in Cheshire is celebrating the opening of their new community-owned shop. After...

Earlier this week we heard how the shop committee of the fictional village of Ambridge is...

After a successful pilot training day, we are delivering a series of Financial...

The primary objective of the Rural Retailing Initiative is to assist small rural shops/Post...

We are delighted to be officially launching the Community Shops Network at ...

We are delighted to announce that we will be holding the official launch of the Community...

Congratulations to everybody at Feckenham Village Shop who went on to win the National title of...

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