Coronavirus: The businesses crowdfunding to survive
And Craving Coffee is not the only business taking this approach.
At Craving Coffee, offerings ranged from drinks, food and clothing, to invitations to a reopening party.‘My business could go bust if insurers don’t pay’The business - Captain Fantastic - employed five full-time staff and 40 entertainers before coronavirus. It was putting on around 200 children's parties a month."People starting postponing their parties," he says."We had 200 bookings a month, then it started to drop, then everyone started postponing, then they cancelled.
Realising they needed to offer something different, Mr Fox and Mr Balaam launched free online entertainment videos for children, and asked for donations in return via GoFundMe and PayPal.Captain Fantastic now does dozens of online children's shows a week, and asks for donations in return "It's not much at all but it pays for the staff that are left and it gives our entertainers something to pay their rent with," says Mr Fox.Life on furlough: I'm grateful but it's unsettling
Dave Grant is the managing director of Fierce Beer, an Aberdeen-based craft brewery that has seen its sales drop by 75% due to the lockdown.
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