We initially want to start with selling our work online as this would be the cheapest and quickest way of being able to sell products. However in the future as our smaller business will hopefully grow it will be possible to open our own shop.
I found when researching into property for retail within Leeds that the Corn Exchange seems to be the cheapest option within the town centre.
The Corn Exchange within Leeds located directly in the centre contains many different smaller businesses and independent shops which would make it an ideal location.
Shops which already exist within the building:
http://www.leedscornexchange.co.uk/about-us
The building/photographs/location:
(good location in the city centre)
The prices are also incredibly reasonable for a city centre location so this is something we would consider in the future. Another option would be to continue with our online shop and have our own screen printing facilities, or perhaps have our own studio with facilities that could in fact work also as a small shop too.
I began looking at what different screen printing products would be needed and came across a website which supply equipment called natgraph (see below). It is difficult to find the exact prices online for this equipment even through looking at different websites. So therefore I have emailed natgraph in the hope for a response with prices.
We would need:
- A screen print bed (or multiple):
- An exposure unit: £3,000-£5,000- can be up to 15,000
- Drying racks: 30 shelves- £150
- A room to dry frames and vertical frame to dry screens
- A washout booth: Approx £1000
- Jet wash and chemicals/ cleaning products
- screens & inks: £24-60 per screen. Inks would be different but around £12 per pot.
- Emulsion and screen filler: £20
- Squeegees £20 each, brown tape 10 rolls £20, troughs for coating: pack for £66 (different sizes), palette knives and mixing sticks: Plastic mixing sticks £3.
- Pots for mixing colours (plastic pots, extremely cheap)
Website found to help with these prices (see below). They have reasonably priced products and packs aimed at small businesses.
http://www.wickedprintingstuff.com
This equipment is rather large and is not something which can be placed easily into an office or studio space. So therefore I have has a little research into what kinds of property would be suitable:
SPRINGWELL POINT- Around £12,000 to rent for the year
http://bulkloader.prd.pl.artirix.com.s3.amazonaws.com/25f36875-6926-4850-b931-e1c81e78f2f9_SpringwellPointLeeds.pdf
Taverners Walk Industrial Estate, Sheepscar Grove, Leeds, LS7 1AH- Around £10,000 for the years rent.
http://bulkloader.prd.pl.artirix.com.s3.amazonaws.com/be38921e-45a3-4182-a2a5-f1f80b0012e7_TavernersWalk.pdf
http://propertylink.estatesgazette.com/property-details/5890715-armley-link-trading-estate
Other warehouse options:
http://property.networkrail.co.uk/findaproperty.aspx?propsearch=true&town=Leeds&postcode=&station=&sizefrom=0&sizeto=1000000&rentfrom=0&rentto=1000000&proptype=10
These are all quite expensive and are of course future plans if we had enough money and customers to invest in such a large building. But in the meantime creating an online shop of products and working together from home with the view of also opening a small shop or stall with a studio to screen print seems to have the most potential as a gradual business plan.
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