Business Start Up For Creatives Short Course

About this course

The course examines the practical foundations of setting up a creative business or arts practice. It considers routes into self-employment, freelance work, commissions and workshops, alongside the possibility of combining employment with a creative business. Participants explore business planning, sources of support, identifying markets and promoting creative work or services. The course also introduces legal and tax considerations, costing, pricing and payment. It includes a talk from a recently self-employed arts, design or lens-based start-up.

What you'll learn

• Identify sources of support for starting a creative business.
• Develop a business plan for an arts, design or creative practice.
• Identify potential markets and approaches to promoting creative work and skills.
• Recognise key legal and taxation issues affecting creative businesses.
• Apply costing and pricing considerations when deciding what to charge and how to get paid.

Is this course right for you?

The course is intended for artists, makers, designers, photographers, image makers and other creative professionals who want to develop business and enterprise skills. It addresses self-employment, freelance work, commissions and workshops as forms of ongoing creative activity.

• Relevant to people developing an arts, design or creative practice.
• Covers both business start-up questions and ongoing freelance or commercial activity.

Before you go

• The course includes a talk by a recently self-employed arts, design or lens-based start-up.
• Laytons LLP offers delegates a free business name check and trade mark search.