Businesses in the Leeds City Region can now apply for 50% of cost towards training, as long as its not a legislative requirement. The scheme is open to priority sector businesses such as manufacturers, logistics, healthcare and professional service businesses. Contact the Soapstone team to find out more.
Read more »2015 has been a busy year. With many Soapstone customers applying to the Local Enterprise Partnership grant funds and Innovate UK, as well as some others, we have maintained our very high success rates throughout the year. There is a great opportunity for those growing businesses to think of grant support as an alternative additional […]
Read more »We are delighted that one of our clients has recently succeeded in being offered grant support from Innovate UK (formally the Technology Strategy Board). The project was successful in requesting feasibility funding from one of the Innovate UK competition calls; to develop a unique manufacturing process. The management team will now utilise the funding to […]
Read more »Soapstone have once again helped to secure significant funding for a client; this time from the recently opened York, North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire LEP‘s Business Grant Programme. We are delighted to have helped with a substantial capital investment, which had been on hold. Soapstone worked with our client to build a robust business plan […]
Read more »We are delighted to announce that two more applicants to the Business Growth Fund, managed by Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, have been offered grant support. Both projects were asking for substantial funding to support investment costs from LCR’s large fund (offering £100k-£1m). The fund has a total value of £15 million and is seeking to support projects which […]
Read more »Soapstone has now helped a number of businesses to successfully apply for grant funding from the Business Growth Programme. The fund is run by Leeds City Region, which is itself funded by the Regional Growth Fund (where Soapstone also has a strong track record). Rob Littlefair commented, ‘We are very pleased to have 100% record […]
Read more »Leeds City Region has now announced its Business Growth Programme, aimed at supporting investment projects in the area. The Business Growth Programme fund will provide grants of between £10,000 and £1 Million for businesses looking to grow and create employment. Only businesses with a minimum of 12 months trading history can apply and application routes are […]
Read more »The Regional Growth Fund’s 4th round opens today with £350 million available . The deadline for submissions is 20th March at noon with the RGF team promising quick assessment, which is a welcome change from previous rounds. The timeline for spending the funding is not extended so projects need to complete their expenditure by the end of […]
Read more »Sheffield City Region (SCR) has opened its fund to support South Yorkshire businesses seeking grant funding. The grant money is part of the Governments Regional Growth Fund and the Local Enterprise Partnership in Sheffield was announced as as a winner in October last year. £10m of the £25m budget is still unallocated and the SCR Local Enterprise Partnership are asking for Expressions […]
Read more »During his Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced a further £350 million towards the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) today. Looking at the small print, it would seem that some underspend from previous rounds has bolstered the figure. The BIS RGF webpage is highlighting the additional amount at £310 million but either way, its good news for planned investment […]
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