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Creative industries
Co-operative business models allow professionals in creative industries to market complementary skills and have a say in the management of their business.
Small businesses and individual professionals predominate in this sector.
Collaborating helps them access resources such as affordable studio space or shared equipment.
Pooling talent and resources also allows individual operators to pitch collectively for bigger contracts, and to combine complementary skills to widen their market reach.
Creative industries co-operatives in Scotland include The Graphics Company, Atomised, Media Co-op, The Very People, and Bridges: The Actors' Agency.
Our information sheet has more examples of opportunities that co-operative models can bring within creative industries.
Co-operative for growth: Growing Scotland's creative industries (655kb)