Capital grants and revenue vouchers are now open for application through Cumbria Business Growth Hub.
On offer to small and medium-sized enterprises in the Westmorland & Furness Council area are:
- 16 capital grants of between £1,000 and £25,000 (based on an average of £12,500) with a maximum grant contribution of 50% of eligible project value. These can be used for purchase of new equipment/machinery (including green/low carbon) and small scale capital improvements to help with growth, diversification, innovation and improved productivity
- 75 £500 consultancy vouchers and 50 £1,000 vouchers which can be used with a consultant of your choice on activity such as marketing, websites, accountancy, legal, agricultural, planning support and more, including to help towards the costs of our mentoring and export consultancy programmes
Adviser support is available to support grant applications at expression of interest and full application stage. To request this, email [email protected]
Grant applications are a competitive process with decisions made by a grant panel.
The first stage is submission of an expression of interest. The deadline for submission to the first panel is noon on Thursday May 15, by email to [email protected]
Successful expressions of interest will be invited to submit a full application.
Vouchers will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis, subject to eligibility.
Vouchers of either £500 or £1000 (excluding VAT if applicable) are available, with no need for match funding from the business.
Business supported last year included West Port in Maryport, which invested over £190,000 in a new machine to help it grow.
