Be creative. Make money. Love your work.
Welcome to Creative Plus Business, where you can get all the information, training, support and help you need to run a business in the creative industries.

The Artist at Work. Image used with CC licence.
We provide training, business coaching, resources, events and words to help you find self-employed success in your creative field. You might be a solo freelancer, a pair of arts entrepreneurs, a creative company or a not-for-profit organisation. You might just be thinking about making the move from hobbyist to professional. Maybe you’re just curious!
No matter who you are, or where in your creative practice and profession, you'll find what you need here – the right information from the right people, a bit of support, and the encouragement to inspire you to pursue your creative and business dreams.
Welcome to a world where art and business meet, where it's okay to turn your passion for creativity in to money, and self-employed success is more than a dream.
Get started here:
- Workshops to help develop your creative business skills
- Business advisory, coaching and mentoring for creative people
- Free help and support for your creative business
- Blog Posts from our Doyenne, Monica
- Download some FREE creative business planning tools
- Events and Meetups near you
- Buy the Freelancing for Dummies book
Upcoming Workshops

Creative Business Essentials
I just wanted to check in and a MASSIVE thank you for the weekend. I learned so much and have come away so empowered and pumped... You have no idea … [Read More...]
Featured Article

Backwards into the Future
Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua "I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on my past" I fell in love with this Māori whakataukī or … [Read More...]

