Membership

We represent the industry and your business. Our members benefit through interaction and collaboration with industry partners and colleagues, to provide access to information and assistance, and to promote Scottish textile products and companies to buyers, suppliers and interested parties.

All memberships include a profile page on the Textiles Scotland website and inclusion in the online supplier directory. Corporate Membership also includes access to UKFT member benefits.

Benefits

Membership brings many benefits including:

• A dedicated website
• A web profile for your company or brands
• Inclusion in an online search directory aimed at UK and international buyers
• Access to Scottish textile information and products
• Information and discounts on events, workshops, seminars
• Free Trend books borrowing facility
• Access to market reports
• Information on training and skills programmes
• Information on UK and international exhibitions and events
• Signposting to available funding for exhibitions
• Information on public sector assistance
• Knowledge and information sharing across all textile sectors
• Government lobbying at Holyrood and Westminster on issues affecting the industry
• Networking opportunities - online and traditional

Categories and costs

Type of membership	Cost (including VAT)
Individual membership (For freelance designers, textile/fashion students)	£48
Associate Membership (For associations, universities, suppliers, non-textile organisations, interested parties)	£120
Corporate Membership 1 (0-49 employees)	£156
Corporate Membership 2 (50-249 employees)	£216
Corporate Membership 3 (250+ employees)	£300
Web page (For Corporate Member's additional brand/s)	£102 (per brand)

Points to note

• Individuals or companies applying for Corporate Membership must be active within the textile, or a textile-related industry, in Scotland and be registered at Companies House.
• All memberships include web profiles, subject to being textile-related
• Full UKFT membership benefits are only available to Corporate Members
• Individual Members do not have voting rights
• Associate Members do not have voting rights, access to UKFT member benefits or market information
• Membership runs annually for 12 months and is renewable each year. STIA will send renewal notice and invoice through its Company Secretary