SPINNA

One of the great things about attending an event like Handmade in Britain is that you meet different people who open up leads in other avenues. While we were at Chelsea we were invited to a mentoring event aimed at helping new women entrepreneurs in the creative industry and this is where we headed on Friday evening.

The Hub, Kings Cross

The meeting was held in a very cool industrial space and was organised by SPINNA - The Women's International Textile Alliance, an organisation that aims to encourage and promote women in business globally.

There were a range of speakers from different areas of the fashion industry and IT, such as Niki Scordi one time CEO of Nicole Farhi and Charlie Ross from Offset Warehouse. After a brief introduction, each one shared their knowledge and experiences and we were then invited to ask questions and share our own problems and successes within the realm of small business and start-up companies.

After this more formal section we grabbed a drink from the bar and were able to mingle and chat together and more information and supplier leads were exchanged.

To be honest we were a little unsure what to expect from this evening and whether we would gain anything of value from it. We left feeling inspired to take our business to the next stage - to stop thinking small and start thinking BIG! We believe SPINNA is a great resource and with future events planned would definitely recommend it.