EU grants available for SMEs

Are you a Telford business wanting to expand and create jobs? Is financing your business growth a barrier?

A ‘Meet the Funder’ event on Monday June 26 at the Marches Growth Hub, Telford, will reveal a range of grant opportunities available.

Businesses can book one-to-one slots with the funders of their choice to discuss their specific expansion project.

Grants are available from £4,500 - £167,000. The grant programmes are part funded by the European Union - to be eligible to apply you must be a small to medium sized enterprise and your customers must primarily be other businesses.

The funds are:

• Business Growth Programme – grants from £10k to £167k covering machinery purchase, new product development, market development, relocation and expansion of premises. Further details are available via their website https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/bgp
• Marches Building Investment Grant, available in Telford – grants up to £100k for the reconfiguration, extension and renovation of business premises http://www.marchesgrowthhub.co.uk/finance-and-funding/marches-business-investment-grant
• Business Energy Efficiency Programme – free energy audit for your business to identify energy efficiency measures, then grant support of up to £20k to implement the recommendations http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/info/20289/business_energy_efficiency_programme
• Marches Broadband Grant Scheme –– grants up to £25,000 to pay for a solution that will connect your business to superfast broadband mgbroadbandgrants.com

Register your interest via the link HERE https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-the-funder-tickets-34790342852