Leicester & Leicestershire have released £8.65m under our European Regional Development Fund Programme to deliver business support activities in our local area. We are seeking activities that will not only enhance our current business support offer but offer key additionality in the following areas:
- Investment readiness
- High-growth and scale-up support.
- Innovation to improve business productivity and job creation opportunities.
- Business finance, including grants.
- Continued support for young people to start-up and grow a business.
- Grow-on incubation and commercial space.
This Call is looking for both revenue projects (£4m indicative allocation) and capital projects (£4.65m indicative allocation). All projects must be matched by 50% of the applicant(s) own funding. The minimum sized contract is £1,000,000 (£0.5m ERDF / £0.5m match).
This is a 2 stage process – Outline applications must be submitted by 23:59 on 20th April with successful applicants being invited to submit a Full Application under Stage 2 of the process. For further information on the scope of this Call go to Leicester & Leicestershire's PA-3 Funding Call