The Big Issue

The big issue was launched in 1991, who offer the opportunity to people that are homeless to earn an income by selling the magazine to the public. Vendors, people who sell the magazine, buy The Big Issue for £1.25 and then go on to sell it for £2.50, making them a micro-entrepreneur who is working, not actually begging. Therefore it is vitally important that buyers take their copy of the magazine when the pay for it.

In 2016, The Big Issue sold it's 200th millionth copy, it also celebrated it's 25th anniversary and launched a shop, a fully customised online platform committed to selling products with a social echo. The magazine has helped over 92,00 vendors earn £115 million in total. There are currently 1500 vendors selling The big issue to the public and this helped them to earn £5.5 million and it circulates around 82,294 copies each week.