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June
2012
'Trading
for Success'
A
new guide to
help community
enterprises
make the most
of trading
opportunities
has been
published
today.
'Trading
for Success',
written by
Simon Michaels
of f3 and
Maurice
McCartnery of
Fresh
Management,
was
commissioned
by Plunkett
Foundation as
part of Making
Local Food
Work,and has
been designed
specifically
for community
enterprises to
help them
succeed in an
increasingly
tough market.
'Trading
for Success'
helps
community
enterprises
identify:
• What is
distinctive
about the
product or
service they
offer;
• How their
product or
service
matches the
customer's
needs;
• Whether the
enterprise can
be financially
viable;
• How to find
and keep
customers, and
deliver
products or
services
efficiently;and
• How to keep
adapting and
innovating to
meet new
challenges.
See
the guide at:
http://issuu.com/wave-coop/docs/trading_for_success_hires?mode=window&backgroundColor=#222222
Sustainable
Food
Economies: f3
has been
awarded
funding from
Big Lottery
Local Food
fund to work
on a new
toolkit to
help diverse
stakeholders
develop area
food
strategies. Tenderswill
be invited for
some of the
facilitation
work and IT
tools.
May
2012
Food
from the Urban
Fringe
report
published.
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