Express and Star Green Shoots Fund
Are you looking to invest capital in your business to create jobs and growth?
Do you work in any of the following sectors?
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Building Technologies
- Transport Technologies, including Aerospace
- Environmental Technologies
- Business Services
If so, we may be able to provide your company with a grant of up to 30.2%
Funding ranges from £10,000 up to a maximum of £50,000
To be eligible you must:
· Be an SME operating in the Black Country (identified through Business Rates being paid to Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall or Wolverhampton MBC.)
· Be in a position to create or safeguard jobs as a result of the investment.
· Be unable to fully fund the project independently or via other sources, e.g. your bank
· Not work in the Retail and Agriculture sectors.
· Not have received more than 200,000 Euros (approx. £175,000) in public funding over the last three years.
· Have been operating for at least 18 months. Those falling outside of this scope will be considered on a case by case basis.
·
Be
proposing to carry out a capital project, which can be completed by around January
2015.
The application process is now open.
For more information, and to submit an expression of interest, please visit:
www.wolverhamptonbsc.com/greenshoots
For an informal chat about the Green Shoots Fund,
Contact: Martin Nicholas, Green Shoots Programme Manager:
Call: 01902 323884
Email: [email protected]