Our social enterprise, Shine, is looking at ways to help small businesses in this recession while still maintaining our newborn business. So we thought; how do people exist without actual cash?
Well, that’s a tough one. But I do think that the barter economy holds some secrets to beating the recession. In fact, my childhood was spent mixing traditional and barter economy through the trading/collecting of baseball cards. I would get some money for cleaning the house or garden and buy a pack of cards, but to get the cards I really wanted, I usually had to trade the ones I bought, and this is how it was for every kid. It got really interesting when you traded 1 special card for 5 less special cards. (Pictured Here: Greg Maddux, one of the best all-time pitchers and on my favorite team – Braves!)
Well, our idea is sort of a barter and it’s sort of a web model brought to bricks and mortar.
OFFER:
We are offering a 600 sqft office (3-12 people depending on your comfy quotient), inclusive of: 2 parking spots, high speed internet, professional reception, mail, extended hours access, BUSINESS RATES, and all the electric/heat you need. In other words, you get a kick-ass office in a fantastic building (Best Commercial Space in Yorkshire 2008) for £0 per month. Yes, £0 per month.
How does that work?
Well, if you are a fairly connected person, you probably know lots of people who hold lots of meetings and more importantly conferences. If you can get them to move some portion of their meetings/conferences to Shine you can have the office for FREE. How many conferences/meetings? Enough to equal the value of the free office x 1.5. Simple, introduce your contacts to our fabulous space – they love it, they use it, you win, they win, we win!
If you want to know more about this innovative offer and how you or someone you know OR even a couple of companies who want to share an office can take advantage, call Claire Irving @ Shine (0113 388 0000).
Spread the word. This will make perfect sense to the right person(s).
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