A guide for start-up fashion businesses in the UK - Nesta
A guide for start-up fashion businesses in the UK - Nesta
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ADVICE AND<br />
SUPPORT<br />
Organization Website Useful <strong>for</strong>:<br />
A.C.I.D. (Anti Copyright <strong>in</strong> Design) www.acid.eu.com Organisation with excellent advice on protect<strong>in</strong>g aga<strong>in</strong>st <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>ft<br />
of <strong>in</strong>tellectual property (IP) <strong>the</strong>ft<br />
British Fashion Council www.british<strong>fashion</strong>council.com<br />
www.london<strong>fashion</strong>week.co.uk Showcases lead<strong>in</strong>g British high-end <strong>fashion</strong> designers; and s<strong>up</strong>ports<br />
new designers through its New Generation scheme<br />
Bus<strong>in</strong>ess L<strong>in</strong>k www.bus<strong>in</strong>essl<strong>in</strong>k.gov.uk Provides extensive advice through its self-help portal. Doesn’t have a<br />
<strong>fashion</strong> focus, but still a valuable place to get general bus<strong>in</strong>ess advice<br />
Centre <strong>for</strong> Fashion Enterprise www.<strong>fashion</strong>-enterprise.com London’s pioneer<strong>in</strong>g bus<strong>in</strong>ess development and growth bus<strong>in</strong>ess s<strong>up</strong>port<br />
provider <strong>for</strong> emerg<strong>in</strong>g high-end designer talent<br />
Centre <strong>for</strong> Susta<strong>in</strong>able Fashion www.<strong>fashion</strong>.arts.ac.uk/csf.htm S<strong>up</strong>ports, <strong>in</strong>spires and creates <strong>in</strong>novative and susta<strong>in</strong>able approaches to<br />
www.susta<strong>in</strong>able-<strong>fashion</strong>.com <strong>fashion</strong> through s<strong>up</strong>port<strong>in</strong>g <strong>bus<strong>in</strong>esses</strong><br />
Chartered Society of Designers www.csd.org.uk A membership based organization which may be valuable to you at a later<br />
stage <strong>in</strong> your bus<strong>in</strong>ess – offers professional services<br />
Cockpit Arts www.cockpitarts.com Provide studio space and s<strong>up</strong>port to new creative <strong>bus<strong>in</strong>esses</strong><br />
Craft Central www.craftcentral.org.uk Encourages and s<strong>up</strong>ports designer/maker <strong>bus<strong>in</strong>esses</strong> through bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
(<strong>for</strong>merly Clerkenwell Green Association) tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, tailored mentor<strong>in</strong>g, network<strong>in</strong>g opportunities and studio space<br />
Creative Industries Development www.cida.org Provides workshops, advice and useful factsheets <strong>for</strong> <strong>bus<strong>in</strong>esses</strong> across<br />
<strong>the</strong> creative <strong>in</strong>dustries<br />
Design Association www.design-association.org A membership based organization which may be valuable to you at a later<br />
stage <strong>in</strong> your bus<strong>in</strong>ess – offers professional services<br />
Design Factory www.designfactory.org.uk S<strong>up</strong>port emerg<strong>in</strong>g talent and long-term creative and<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>ess development<br />
ECCA www.ecca-london.org Offers free advice and services to students and any creative bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>in</strong><br />
(Enterprise Centre <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Creative Arts) London, eg Fund<strong>in</strong>g Opportunities, IP, Promotional/Market<strong>in</strong>g Advice, -<br />
Courses/Professional Development<br />
East London Small Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Centre www.goeast.org Offers s<strong>up</strong>port <strong>for</strong> designers beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g or runn<strong>in</strong>g a bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>in</strong><br />
East London<br />
East Midlands Textile Association www.emtex.org.uk Assists companies to <strong>in</strong>troduce new technologies and work<strong>in</strong>g practices,<br />
and aid Cloth<strong>in</strong>g & Textile manufacturers to develop trade with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
global marketplace<br />
A <strong>guide</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>start</strong>-<strong>up</strong> <strong>fashion</strong> <strong>bus<strong>in</strong>esses</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong> Centre <strong>for</strong> Fashion Enterprise<br />
www.nesta.org.uk<br />
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Mak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>novation flourish
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