Creative Launchpad, in association with West Midlands Business Link, are able to support those entrepreneurs in the creative sector with developing their business idea and turning it into a reality.

With flexible support on demand you can have what is required to assist you in your new enterprise.

Whether it be:

at our First Contact Events

at our series of free training sessions (PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE SESSIONS, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN ETC.) on subjects like:

Uncover your business heartbeat

The Instant Confidence Workshop

Making Ends Meet: the simple guide to being creative and profitable

Making your big idea a business

Understanding the present, planning the future

Marketing Material: Get Organised, Get Noticed

Riding the Rollercoaster

Managing your Intellectual Property Portfolio

Networking and Pitching: remove the fear

Flaunt it: a workshop about effective exhibiting

Planning for a successful Creative Business

Music Industry Workshop

Setting up a limited company

Access to Finance

Keep it legal

Successful selling, targeted marketing

at a 1:2:1 Business Support session with one of our professional Creative Industry Business Advisors across the region:

Coventry: The Herbert

Wolverhampton: S/PARK (Science Park)

Wolverhampton; New Hampton Arts Centre;

Stoke on Trent: Burslem School of Art;

Shrewsbury: Belmont Arts Centre.

more to follow soon ...

we are here to help you.

So many individuals and organisations have used our Training and Business Advice service - can you afford not too?

Please call 0845 303 7375 for booking onto training sessions or to arrange your 1-2-1 business support session with our Creative Industry Business Advisor team.

Please download the press release here explaining more about the Enterprise Support Programme from West Midlands Business Link

Business Support

Arrange to have a 1:2:1 session with one of our professional Creative Industry Business Advisors. Take a look at what other people have said about us:

Paula Tew, from Creative Launchpad, has been extremely helpful and very professional, friendly and has shown a Genuine interest in my business. My first appointment with Paula few weeks ago has resulted in providing me with lots of important and relevant information to my business. In fact I am proud to say that the advise and information Paula has given me has been 'best' so far. and it's FREE! I will certainly be working with Creative Launchpad in helping develop my business.

"I first visited Tribal in my final year of University in 2004 after setting up my first Ltd Company. I met with David who guided me through a Business needs analysis report and helped me to solidify where I wanted to take the company. My first meeting with Tribal gave me the skills set I needed to qualify what I could do in terms of Graphic Design with a solid understanding of the business side of the industry. Over an 18 month period following my initial meeting I freelanced as a Graphic Designer and Art Director, working for clients across the West Midlands. At this time I was working alone and found the advice I had been given by David, and the resulting points highlighted in the analysis report, an invaluable resource to help bring long term focus to my day to day career. I returned to Tribal recently for advice on taking the next steps in the industry. I am now partnered with another designer and am currently in the process of looking for premises and developing a more solid business plan for a new Midlands based design agency. Tribal were able to point us in the direction of funding sources, advise us on premises and give us the advice we needed to draw up cash flow forecasts to ensure that our ideas could be turned in to a financially viable company."

"The Tribal team are very pleasant, helpful and supportive. I especially like the fact they not only offer support, they offer ideas. I have found the advice of the Tribal team has helped me tremendously. Tribal's understanding of a range of industry sectors is ideal of those wishing to gain business support or develop themselves further."

"Very helpful and knowledgeable I was impressed with the way that Paula Tew was able to analyse the different aspects of my work and produce a chart of operations which will add more clarity to future developments, the information sheets that were given to me seem fairly comprehensive and should save me a lot of time."

"I was unsure whether the course would be suited to my needs, but it was an excellent opportunity to learn training skills alongside a group of very creative, diverse and supportive individuals. I learnt a lot and gained much confidence over the two days. Thank you."

"Thanks to the meetings I had with Tribal, where they explained the finer details of a cash flow forecast, I have been able to secure a grant of £2,500 from Birmingham City Council for a Feasibility/Marketing Portfolio for my company. The support given is both RELEVANT and EXTREMELY USEFUL. Thank you."

"I was given two hours help with all aspects of marketing and progressing my business and I know that I can go back and get further advice should I need it, so am very pleased with the support."

It doesn't matter where you are in the West Midlands, or what your idea is, as long as it is in the Creative Industries we can help ... and if you are not in the creative industry, well there are plenty of other providers that can help you out so contact West Midlands Business Link on 0845 113 1234.

Please contact Creative Launchpad on 0845 303 7375 or fill in the form below for further details.