What's Included
The fully subsidised programme supports businesses over 6 months and provides regular one-on-one mentoring sessions and experts workshops on:
- Strategic Business Planning
- Accountancy
- Legal & IP
- Product development
- Access to finance and funding
- Routes to market
- Marketing & PR
- Storytelling and Pitching
- Branding
- Digital strategies
Benefits
A diagnostic review of the business takes place at the start of the season in order to tailor the programme to best suit and benefit the business. This programme runs alongside the Fashion and Jewellery pioneers, thus enable cross-pollination of ideas and business interaction.
The programme also gives businesses free access to CFE’s Fash Tech Meetups and other highly sought after networking events in London, as well as discounts and offers from our industry partners, e.g. Amazon Web Services and Zipcar.
Exclusive offers are available for programme participants with:
- Car-sharing company Zipcar,
- Amazon Web Services,
- Google Cloud,
- Matchworks Accelerator Programme.
Requirements
- Operating in a London Borough
- Operating for a minimum of 6 months
- Applicants must submit details of the product, process or service they wish to develop with the support of the programme.
Applicants are required to provide supporting evidence to demonstrate they have met the eligibility criteria.
View all requirementsLimited Company
- Proof of operating for 6 months. Please submit:
- Companies House Registration document.
- Proof of Current Business Address. Dated up to 30 days prior to application date. Please submit:
- Companies House Registration document.
* If current business address is different to the registered address, please submit proof of current business address dated 30 days prior to application date with one of the following:
- Invoice
- Bank Statement
Sole Trader
- Proof of operating for 6 months. Please submit one of the following pieces of evidence:
- Invoice
- Bank Statement
- Proof of Current Business Address. Dated up to 30 days prior to application date. Please submit one of the following pieces of evidence:
- Invoice
- Bank Statement
