Hartlepool’s Creative Business Week organised by Hartlepool Borough Council’s Economic Growth Team, alongside a range of partners, offers a range of advice and support sessions to local creative businesses, freelancers and practitioners to help them grow and thrive.

There are a wide range sessions available tailored towards artists and creative practitioners at every stage of their journey such as:

• Creative thinking: product and services design
• Are you thinking of turning your creative hobby into a business?
• Microfinance opportunities for small businesses with big dreams.
• How Do I Start a Creative Business?
• Introduction to Intellectual Property
• Money Matters for Artists