Traders in north and West Cumbria can access funding to improve their shopfronts.
Cumberland Council has secured an extra £105,000 from the Government for its scheme until next year, which offers grants to businesses to help them improve their premises.
It will be the third year Cumberland Council has made capital funding available and so far, over 100 premises have been upgraded, and 11 vacant units have been brought back into use.
Leader of Cumberland Council, Mark Fryer, said: “The previous grants have proved to be a great success, and we urge businesses to apply for the funding.
“If you have a commercial high street or town centre property which would benefit from a new look and meets the call criteria, please do get in touch. More information on the fund, guidance notes and how to submit applications is available on our website.”
The grants are available for projects that demonstrate alignment and deliverability against the criteria.
For more information and to apply, visit www.cumberland.gov.uk/UKSPF
Cumberland Council is also working with the Cumbria Business Growth Hub and Enterprising Cumbria to offer grants and business support across Cumberland.
With £200,000 Shared Prosperity funding and £400,000 Rural England Prosperity Fund cah being made available, Cumbria Business Growth Hub is again able to offer both business advice and grant funding to small/micro and medium sized businesses.
Capital grants are available for:
- Equipment/improvements to productivity.
- Works to improve business premises.
- Improvements to tourism heritage assets.
- Support for farm diversification projects.
- Revenue funding will provide vouchers to secure specialist consultants of your choice and the business adviser team will be available for one-to-one support alongside a range of workshops and programmes aimed at business survival. Working with the Farmers Network additional workshops will also be available to agricultural businesses.
Contact [email protected] for more information.
Through a further £200,000 revenue funding, Enterprising Cumbria is able to expand their Accelerator programme across Cumberland to offer:
- Free tailored business support for start-ups and existing businesses.
- Intensive one to one innovation support to help businesses with real growth potential.
- Pre-Start activity to assist individuals looking at starting their own business with potential financial support to help towards their business launch.
Contact [email protected] for more information.
