Young Newcastle entrepreneur expands creative business

A young entrepreneur based in Newcastle is expanding her creative business.

Tahmina Begum, the 24-year-old behind art services company Tahmina Arts, has launched a new clothing line featuring South Asia-inspired prints.

Although currently limited to T-shirts, Tahmina has a vision for the future of the brand that encompasses a wider choice of fashion items, including casual and premium clothing ranges.

Founded in 2013, Tahmina Arts offers freelance art services such as bespoke paintings and drawings, murals and henna.

Tahmina gained the confidence to launch the venture after participating in Business Sparks, an enterprise programme that aims to help young entrepreneurs in the North East get their business ideas off the ground.

Business Sparks is led by Newcastle-based charity Reviving The Heart of The West End.

Tahmina said: “The Business Sparks programme gave me an enormous confidence boost, in myself and in my work. The team were great, and gave me lots of advice, including things I didn’t think about, such as the legal side of setting up a business.

“They also introduced me to a great network of like-minded business people, which allowed me to build up my contacts.”

She added: “It also gave me an opportunity to meet existing business owners, which I found really useful as they gave me lots of practical advice, and it was also really good to hear the stories of how they got into business.

Business Sparks development officer Hannah Marrow commented: “Business Sparks gives young people a platform to test out their ideas, with lots of support behind them, including meetings with existing business owners, and one to one advice.

“Tahmina has done exceptionally well since undertaking the programme with us.”

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