the company

• who founded the big issue

  gordon roddick

  john bird
• what did john bird say the big issue is


  ethical capitalism
• how many vendors in the UK

  2000
• how many copies sold in the uk

  over 200 million
• inspired what?

  a network of 120 other street magazines globally
• independent publication to offer a public service and try to improve a social problem
• sell how many copies a week


  around 80,000 copies
• how much is the big issue sold for

  £4
• how much do the vendors buy them for

  £1.25
• acknowledgment is as good as sale
• what is the big issues aim

  to dismantle poverty by creating opportunity
• you can only sell on the online shop if you are a:

  social enterprise
• how many editors

  15
• how many people usually stop and buy (fraction)

  1/100
• when was the big issue founded

  1991
• it gives homeless people what?

  dignity because they are not begging and a chance to communicate
• which mainstream company is different to the big issue


  conde nast = own vogue + wired

  they get 70% of their income from advertising, not sales
• regulated by?

  IPSO
• IPSO editors code of practice


  -accuracy = press must not publish inaccurate or misleading information, gives credibility
• which 2 charities are usually inside?

  -ticketmaster

  -parkinsons charity