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Details on the major EU and UK Grant Funds

We keep an up to date list of the major EU and UK grants;

    • what is the purpose of the fund?

    • what are the elegibility criteria?

    • what is the size of the fund?

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No. Location is rarely of importance. "Grants" for research & development, export, training, consultancy and advisory services are available throughout the United Kingdom regardless of location.

Read more: Can you only get grants if you are in specific locations?

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Grants for Capital investment, job creation and productivity

Grants for capital investment either from the United Kingdom or the European Union are almost invariably connected to the creation or sustaining of employment. It is therefore essential that you specify how many new jobs are to be created or, as a minimum, how many old jobs will be protected. Capital grants are usually only available where there will be regional or national benefit as a result of the project.

Read more: The following are the main purposes for which grants are given

No. In the majority of cases a consultant is not necessary. Thus grants for export, training, consultancy and most other services may be applied for quickly and easily without assistance. However, in the case of grants for capital investment and research & development the application procedures are complex, and, more importantly, the rules applied by the issuing bodies are not transparent.

Read more: Do you always need a consultant to apply for grants?

Is size important or why do the large companies seem to get most of the money?

The large companies get most of the money because they have specialist departments that do nothing other than chase grants. Furthermore, their projects are naturally larger and therefore attract publicity.

In fact almost all grants, particularly those from the European Union, have specific clauses that favour small and medium size enterprises

Annoyingly the definitions used still vary from scheme to scheme, but the European Union schemes and most UK Government schemes adopt the EU definition which came into force on 1 January 2005 which takes account of employee numbers, turnover and annual balance sheet total. In summary: -

Read more: So what constitutes a small or medium size enterprise?

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