Name: Understanding Co-ops for Creative Industry Businesses
Start: 2025-01-24T09:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-24T12:30:00+00:00
Location: Civic House

Understanding Co-ops for Creative Industry Businesses

Whether starting a new venture or seeking a new approach for your existing business, a co-op could be perfect for your creative business.
About this Event

Are you thinking of starting a new creative business? Or looking for a different approach to your existing business or community venture? Have you considered a co-op?

If you're looking for an inclusive, democratic approach to your business, then a co-op could be the perfect fit.

Our free event, Understanding Co-ops, is brought to you by Co-operative Development Scotland, one of Scottish Enterprise’s services, and explores how your business can thrive as a co-operative.

Why co-ops?

All kinds of businesses operate as co-ops. These include pubs, energy suppliers, taxi firms, bookstores, community gardens, wine sellers, farms, sports clubs, and much more.

Co-ops are run by their members. They can be customers, employees, residents, or suppliers. They have a say in how the co-op is run – this makes it a fairer, more collaborative, and democratic way of doing business.

Co-ops are also resilient as a business model. They are more than twice as likely to survive the early years of trading when compared to other start-up businesses.

What to expect

The workshop will be led by a co-op specialist from Co-operate Scotland LLP and will feature guests from local creative industry co-ops:

Hen Hoose
Glasgow Theatre Arts Collective

Our guests will share their experiences of starting and running a co-op.

This informative and interactive workshop will give you a more in-depth understanding of co-operatives, as well as the initial steps required to start one. You’ll discover: