Abstract
Community businesses care about value for money, flexibility and the quality of support, along with the guidance to assist them along the way both in finding the support and in accessing what is available. Community businesses also clearly stated that they would like funders and social investors to work in collaboration with each other more in order to more effectively fund community businesses as they develop and grow. Better business support will have a positive outcome on the community business sector and increase not only the number of community businesses, but also their success.