The Community Business Scotland, 'Community business 1986 directory' lists the activities of over 80 trading community businesses which had become established in Scotland. It includes an overview of community business setting the context, its contribution to community economic development, support for and appraisal of community business and listing of community businesses by region.

Contents of the SCB Ltd annual report 1987/88:
-Chairman's statement
-SCB: the way ahead
-SCB news
-Darnley dilemmas and developments
-Ardeer is ACE!
-Community business and community enterprise: the evolving model
-Community business snakes and ladders (board game)
-Directory of community businesses in Strathclyde
-Enterprising Easterhouse
-Housing and business: wealth and empowerment
-The community business development process
-Tenants become owners!: Port Glasgow Axxociation of Tentants' Groups
-Think Bigger: community enterprise in Strathclyde
-Finance summary 1987/88
-Development funding
-List of Directors and staff 1987/88
-Publications available from SCB

Contents of the SCB Ltd annual report 1986/87:
-Chairman's report
-Barrowfield Community Business Ltd: leading a recovery
-The five stages in setting up a successful community business (comic strip)
-Possil, people and profit
-Theatre Seanachaidh
-SCB news section
-Directory of community businesses in Strathclyde region
-Social auditing and community benefit
-Ten years of Govan Workspace
-Finance summary 1986/87
-Development funding
-Training
-Development work
-List of Directors and staff

Community Business Scotland (CBS) and the Association of Community Enterprises in the Highlands and Islands (ACE-HI), 'The first ten years: a decade of community enterprise in Scotland', October 1987. This publication covers the development of the community enterprise movement in Scotland between 1977-1987, looking at lessons learned, key issues and development for the future. Containing foreword by Glen Buchanan and 16 articles written by leaders in the field: Linda Echlin; John Pearce; Willy Roe; Ronald Young; Roy Pedersen; Carola Bell; John Rugman; John Harrison; Iain Clark; Helen Macneil; Colin Roxburgh; George Burt; Pat Cassidy; Keith Hayton; Sir Kenneth Alexander; and Tor Justad.

Contents of the 1987 ESF training programme booklet:
-Introduction
-Community business in Strathclyde
-The 1987 programme, detailing the stages of the training programme
-Barlanark Community Enterprises Ltd: A case study (comic strip)
-Statistical summary of the 1987 training programme
-Conclusion: some lessons learned
-Appendix, detailing each training programme with an evaluation of its effectiveness