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Are you concerned about missing out key deadlines for grants that could give your business a vital financial injection? This blog has information on upcoming deadlines in a month’s time, allowing you time to run feasibility checks, assess eligibility requirements and key details for a number of UK grants. This week we are covering essential funding for purposes such as business growth, energy efficiency, purchasing equipment and working capital. Here are some examples of deadlines coming up at the very end of March 2024.
1. Business Growth
Business growth funding covers the cost of business development activities such as launching new products or services, marketing costs and growth planning. Here’s some examples of upcoming deadlines for March.
- Funding to Help Implement New Products and Processes by Scottish Enterprise: This scheme provides grants of up to £100,000 to support businesses in Scotland with the development and implementation of new products or processes. The next application deadline is 31st March 2024.
- Local Businesses Tourism Contribution 2023/24 by North York Moors National Park Authority: This grant offers funding to support tourism businesses within the North York Moors National Park in delivering projects that enhance the visitor experience. Funding of up to £10,000 is available. The next application deadline is 31st March 2024.
2. Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency funding covers the cost of equipment and measures to help businesses reduce their overall energy usage and carbon footprint, including electric vehicles, efficient lighting, insulation, renewable energy, boiler equipment and water saving measures. Here’s some examples of upcoming deadlines for March.
- Camden Climate Fund Business Grants by London Borough of Camden: This scheme provides grants of up to £10,000 to support Camden businesses in implementing energy-saving measures, including the installation costs of renewable technology. The next application deadline is 29th March 2024.
- Green Business Grant Scheme by Folkestone and Hythe District Council: This scheme offers grants of up to £10,000 to businesses in the Folkestone and Hythe district to help them invest in energy efficiency measures, including the installation of renewable energy measures to replace fossil fuel systems, such as oil or gas heating. The next application deadline is 31st March 2024.
3. Purchasing Equipment
Purchasing equipment funding covers the capital costs of acquiring machinery, tools or other items to run a business, such as purchasing long term assets, ICT equipment and upgrading older obsolete machinery with newer equipment. Here’s some examples of upcoming deadlines for March.
- Growth Grant – Annual Turnover of up to £150,000 by East Renfrewshire Council: This scheme provides grants of up to £5,000 to small businesses in East Renfrewshire to help them purchase new equipment, IT hardware or cover tooling costs. The next application deadline is 31st March 2024.
- Safer Shops West by West of England Combined Authority: This scheme offers grants of up to £2,000 to independent retail businesses in the West of England region to help them invest in security measures, such as CCTV, hand held radios and body worn cameras. The next application deadline is 31st March 2024.
4. Working Capital
Working capital funding covers day to day funding needs of a business to keep it running as a going concern, including purchasing sufficient inventory, bridging delayed payments and covering unexpected expenses. Here’s some examples of upcoming deadlines for March.
- Vibrant Town Centres by Mid Devon District Council: This scheme provides grants of up to £5,000 to provide working capital for businesses in Mid Devon town centres to address challenges to help them to keep running as a going concern and improve their viability. The next application deadline is 31st March 2024.
- Transitional Labelling Financial Assistance Scheme by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: This scheme provides financial assistance from a funding pot of £50 million to small and medium-sized food and drink businesses in the UK to help them comply with new food labelling requirements under the Windsor Framework. The application deadline for this scheme is 31st March 2024.
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