“[My] computer setup will probably always be where I keep that working from home. [At] my parents' house [...] they could afford to sacrifice a room and turn it into a working place. […] My heat press and all my stock [are] in there […] I've got more than one heat press.”

“Saturdays and Sundays, obviously we're open to the public. And I use that as a time where I'm not necessarily making any prints; I'm promoting and marketing, and through that just putting the word out that I'm doing printing here to some other local businesses. ”

“[one of my new customer] just moving in [...] next door, which is going to be more like artists' hubs and only open to the public maybe once or twice a month for major events […] They don't have a footfall that would justify paying £60 a week if you're only working from behind closed doors. ”

“I was doing that [working] from home. […] I kind of know that I won't accomplish any print work, you know, up against the clock because there's a lot of interruptions. But you kind of want that, every interruption you can give your card out to someone.”

“Actually, in the space of a year, there have been a lot of people coming and going [to work here at BEES]. ”

“The rent is fair I would say because I know friends that give or take [if I] have something like a leak; or any problems that I've had in here is sorted immediately. Whereas I know people who are paying the same for a shop that's open seven days a week, but again if they've got an electrical problem or a leak, it's all on them. ”

“The managers of space are really laid back and flexible […] super supportive, the networking, and how it's managed to get; from my first year I’ve been really lucky, […] they have put the word out for me. ”

“It [the rent] has actually gone down. I used to pay £80 per week and that was when it was open on a Friday, which I think it might well do in the summertime. […] there's full residency on each little [unit] ... so I think that transferred down to what they were going to charge each of us individually. I'm not sure if that applied to everyone. As I said it’s quite flexible. ”

“[We have] rolling contract. There's a kind of verbal agreement [with the managers]- and I think when people have come and went, they have basically just made sure that they give them [the managers] enough notice that they can fill the slot for the following week.”

“It [the Barras] is kind of the location for people that are wanting to do something creative. I know people that are basing record companies from the BAD buildings, [...] many things creatively [are produced] behind closed doors in the East End […] I chat away to them, and you kind of get to know what other people are all doing.”

“There was a lot of stigma [about the East End], whereas now if you were to say to some 'oh, I'm based in the East End', […] people think automatically you're doing something creative.[...] People [living out of Glasgow] they're coming back to the Barras and they can't believe how much it's changed.”

“It [the management of BEES] is quite collective in the sense that if there was a problem we could all come together and come up with a solution. We have a WhatsApp page for the group. And one of our traders […] actually does the bulk of the uploading.”

“The general impression [about the Barras has changed]; it is a different place now, it feels a safer place to be [thanks to] the smaller venues like the BAD or St Luke's in, a lot more things for people to maybe come out of a place. And now [the Barras] have other things on offer, rather than a football pub or something.”

“I did not [adapt the space] necessarily. Just give or take some paint and some flooring.”

“Summertime, I'm aiming to have half of here like a showroom, to see the things, a commercial type, you can pick your colours, you can have a look through- a little kind of shop front like that. ”

“Saying something's made in the Barras, or printed in the Barras, has worked really well for me. Because you're having people that are saying 'oh, I need that Barras bag, because I'm sending it to Italy […] they're sending it to people who no longer live in Glasgow. So that alone I wouldn’t have [been] able to do, if I was working from a flat. You know, having a location is something that I've had to [have].”

“If I was actually going to be getting a shop that was open seven days a week, and say I got offered a dream contract for a property, I think I would probably still want to be based in the East […] I'd say from the high street onwards is where I would kind of fit in to the city, if that makes sense.”

“It's quite cold in here. if I was in here on a Saturday, I'd have two heaters on. […] I would need to warm the place up before I would expect someone to sit down for an hour. […] I'm going to get fabric for over the top to warm it up.”

“If I have any technical problems, my mum is the one that takes care of it. [...] there's quite a lot of manual work that's involved prior to an event. I can do this here; I can do it at home. And as I said, usually she's [my mum] on one chair doing the computer and I'm on the other chair, doing that. […] I just take my case with me house-to-house and back and forward.”