Posts Tagged ‘planning’
Here at Cockpit we run workshops on Planning for the Year Ahead for designer-maker businesses. Here’s the notes from the workshop and some top tips on planning: Plans need to be easy to use and a traditional written format doesn’t always appeal to creative right brain thinkers who can prefer something less linear and wordy. So during […]
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By Ellen O’Hara This post is the first in a series on how to give your business a quick financial healthcheck, so should come in very handy. Get your figures together for this year and the previous year(s) if you’ve been trading for a while and begin by assessing your overall performance. Start by looking at the total […]
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Laura Long, a designer-maker at Cockpit Arts talks about developing a product for the Tate. How did the knitting kit idea come about? I wrote a how to knit book called ‘Knitted Toy Tails’ which was published last year full of knitting patterns on how to knit toys. This book was more popular than I ever […]
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Interview by Ellen O’Hara, Head of Business Development at Cockpit Arts During Collect 2010, I took part in a panel discussion organised by Crafts Magazine. The theme was ‘Crafting a Career’. Also on the panel was ceramist Jacob van der Beugel, who touched on a theme close to my heart – the important relationship between pricing, value […]
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By Ellen O’Hara, Head of Business Development at Cockpit Arts There’s no doubt that getting your pricing right is a crucial part of your marketing and business strategy as a designer-maker. As part of the Pricing Decision series I am looking at three key areas: Cost, Market and Value, as well as how different pricing strategies […]
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By Ellen O’Hara, Head of Business Development at Cockpit Arts The question that I’m asked more than any other in my role at Cockpit is ‘how should I price my work?!’ There’s no doubt that getting your pricing right is a crucial part of your marketing and business strategy. So what is there to consider […]
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In our ‘How to Get into…Craft’ seminar at Futurising on 29 June we heard from three leading designers and makers, ceramicist Chris Keenan, textile designer Clarissa Hulse and textile artist and consultant Arantza Vilas. Each spoke about the varied, and often unpredictable, journey they have taken since starting as a practitioner. They provided a valuable […]
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Our ‘How to Get into…. Craft’ seminar at Futurising last week brought together three leading designers and makers, ceramicist Chris Keenan, textile designer Clarrisa Hulse and textile artist and consultant Arantza Vilas. Each spoke about the varied, and often unpredictable, journey they have taken since starting as a practitioner. We thought you’d like to hear […]
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By Dean Shepherd ….unless of course you have better things to do with your time than read through the pages and pages of manuals, help sheets, leaflets and guidance notes on the HM Revenue & Customs website. The help sheets on completing your tax return alone stand at more than a thousand pages and they […]
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Are your figures under-dressed?
By Sarah Thewlall High fashion businesses are often a money pit in the early years. Those first few seasons might only result in £3-5,000 of orders per season and yet the cost of sampling and PR let alone catwalk shows and salons will certainly exceed this income. So how does anyone get going? There are […]
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