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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Miranda Bryant

Big Issue was pushed to brink by pandemic, says founder

A Big Issue seller outside an empty shopping area in Reading, Berkshire, during the pandemic.
A Big Issue seller outside an empty shopping area in Reading, Berkshire, during the Covid pandemic. Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/REX/Shutterstock

The Big Issue narrowly avoided going bust during the pandemic, its founder has said, as sales continue to be hit by the cost of living crisis.

For the first time in the magazine’s over 30-year history, Covid meant that people who are homeless or long-term unemployed were not able to sell it on the streets, and its leadership had to rapidly rethink the model of the social business.

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