The eagerly anticipated 5th Round of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) is due to be announced in October. With shortened timescales to submit applications, businesses should start thinking about the opportunity now. Soapstone has been associated with successful RGF projects since the first round and will be working with a number of projects looking to […]
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 […]
Read more »We are delighted that a number of Soapstone clients have been awarded offers of support from the third round of the Government’s Regional Growth Fund, announced today. Soapstone Associates has continued its high success rate by offering clients a no-nonsense approach to supporting projects through the RGF application process, With several Local Enterprise Partnership programme bids also […]
Read more »Leeds City Region is to allocate an additional £26million for capital projects through its Growing Places Fund. The fund is focused on improving infrastructure but is can also help businesses struggling to agree commercial lending for their own capital investment projects. This second round of funding will offer loans of between £250,000 and £5 million. Robert Littlefair from […]
Read more »Research and Development tax credits remain an area of uncertainty for large and small businesses alike. In our experience , only around 50% of those companies eligible have investigated the opportunity and of those, around 10-20% have made a claim. This is often because they have taken an ‘accountancy approach’ when looking at pulling claims together. The amount of […]
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