SEVEN entrepreneurs are ready to take their businesses to the next level thanks to a three-month free of charge residency program at Emporium Creative Hub.<\/p>\n
The hub, an initiative from ACMI, is a COVIDSafe coworking space providing desks, meeting rooms and a studio to local creatives.<\/p>\n
Manager of Emporium Creative Hub David Hughes said it\u2019s important that local businesses have a dedicated place to work and the space offers unique networking opportunities and interactions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really wanted to support creatives in transitioning back into COVIDSafe workspaces,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe thought that a great way to do that would be to offer them these sponsored desk opportunities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have these opportunities now to connect with these different people to take their business and their ideas forward so that\u2019s really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n
The seven new tenants range from photographers, to copywriters and drama directors.<\/p>\n
Director at Props Theatre Alise Amarant said the Emporium will allow her to separate home life with work life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI work at home around my kitchen table where if you haven\u2019t done the dishes then that kind of distracts you,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere you\u2019ve got different spaces to walk to, you can go to the couch if you want to you can go to the meeting room if you need to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Copywriter Tim King said he needed a change of scenery after working from home through lockdown.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t that I was being too stagnant with my copy, but I did find a few of my work practices begin to fall down a little bit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile photographer Peta Brain said working at the Emporium will help her continue to develop her business, Captured By Peta.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels like I\u2019ve turned a new leaf,\u201d she said. \u201cI saw the space had reopened and thought that maybe things in the business had shifted enough that I deserved a space of my own to do what I love.\u201d<\/p>\n