Our Partners
We’re delighted to collaborate with carefully selected strategic partners including trade bodies, business support organisations, education providers and industry.
The British Library Business & IP Centre
The Business & IP Centre is designed to support SMEs and entrepreneurs from that first spark of inspiration to successfully launching and developing their business.
UK Fashion & Textile Association
UK Fashion & Textile Association is a British trade association for fashion and textile companies. UKFT brings together designers, manufacturers, agents and retailers to promote their businesses and our industry throughout the UK and internationally.Membership allows companies and associations access to a community of contacts throughout the fashion and textile system.
Enterprise Nation
Enterprise Nation is focused on helping people start a business and grow a successful venture. Through their website, business club, books and events they help individuals start and grow businesses.
The Design Trust
The Design Trust connects small design and contemporary craft businesses with the best business advice, training, and support and the market (on and offline) to create a thriving design and crafts scene both financially and culturally.
GCU London – British School of Fashion
Based in Spitalfields, the School offers a unique mix of programmes developed for the fashion industry.
Creative skillset
Creative skillset helps Fashion & Textiles businesses, of all sizes and across the sector, stay competitive by
• Providing support and advice to access funding and training
• Helping businesses source and train new talent
• Bringing together businesses and industry partners to invest in skills development
Further information at www.creativeskillset.org/fashion_and_textiles or contact Alice Burkitt – aliceb@creativeskillset.org
Jayne West – jaynew@creativeskillset.org
Fashion and Textile Museum
The Fashion and Textile Museum is a cutting edge centre for contemporary fashion, textiles and jewellery in London. Founded by iconic British designer Zandra Rhodes and owned by Newham College, the centre showcases a programme of changing exhibitions exploring elements of fashion, textile and jewellery as well as the Academy which runs courses for creative students and businesses.
UK FASHION INTERN
UK FASHION INTERN is a popular destination for new Fashion talent looking for paid opportunitites, advice, events and competitions directed to helping them onto the first step of their career in Fashion.
CRAFT CENTRAL
Craft Central is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to building a strong future for craft and design. They offer workshops, studios and exhibition facilities as well as training and support
Cockpit Arts
Cockpit Arts is an award winning business incubator social enterprise for designer-makers offering affordable workspace, seminars and coaching as well as showcasing and selling opportunities.
GLE
GLE Business Loans is a leading not-for-profit provider of responsible finance for small businesses in the UK and one of our Growth Funding partners.
Capital Enterprise
Capital Enterprise is the membership organisation for providers of business advice, training and resources to new entrepreneurs and small businesses in London.