LoCASE grants now up to £20,000
Don't miss out. 34 local business in Reigate & Banstead have already successfully applied for LoCASE funding.
Grants of between £1,000 to £20,000 are available for any small or medium sized business within Reigate & Banstead borough, covering up to 40% of eligible costs towards energy cost savings and energy efficiencies as well as helping low carbon businesses to innovate.
Apply now or find out more at the next online business briefing on 14 September 2-3pm
Find out more and apply
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Grant Funding for business growth now live
The next round of Invest4 grant funding has been launched to support growing and established businesses in the region. The fund provides up to 30% towards your business investment and applications are accepted for grants of between £1,000 and £6,000 (capital or revenue).
Examples of what a cash award from Invest4 can be used to purchase:
- Equipment and machinery
- Consultancy services
- Premises improvements
- New IT systems or IT system upgrades
- Moving all or part of your business online
- Developing a new website or upgrading a current website
- Leadership & management development training
Don't delay! This fund is operated on a first-come-first-served basis.
Find out more and apply
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Help to Grow, Digital Scheme
Businesses with 1 to 249 employees can now receive discounts worth up to £5,000 on approved software under an expansion of the Help to Grow: Digital scheme. The scheme was previously only open to those businesses with more than 5 employees.
eCommerce software has also been added to the scheme, helping businesses to sell online and reach new markets. This includes helping them to manage their inventory, take payments and gather data and insights on customers' needs.
Businesses can now access 30 different solutions from 14 leading suppliers of eCommerce, Digital Accounting and CRM software. Additionally, Help to Grow: Digital will support one-to-one advice for SMEs on how best they can adopt digital technology.
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Recovery loan scheme extended for 2 years
The Recovery Loan Scheme, which originally launched in April 2021 to help businesses recovering from the pandemic, has been extended to 2024.
The maximum loan size remains at up to £2m, and the principle behind the extended scheme remains unchanged: the government will underwrite 70% of lender liabilities, at the individual borrower level, in return for a lender fee. Lenders must ensure that the benefits of the government guarantee are passed through to businesses.
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Support a small business to grow
92% of small business owners with a mentor agree that their mentor has directly helped the growth and survival of their business.
If you would like to help a small business to grow, please sign up as a mentor as part of the Help to Grow: Management scheme and commit 10 hours to help a small business survive and grow. Plus, benefit from free training for the Association of Business Mentors.
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Join Pioneers; a new fully funded innovation programme
Tuesday 20 and 27 September
Pioneers is an intensive 2-day programme supporting & developing business owners and leaders in the Coast to Capital region to create positive impact with industry partners.
12 hours of support over 2 days at the state-of-the-art innovation hub, Plus X Brighton. Fully funded programme - no Plus X membership or fee is required.
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An event for business and law enforcement to improve our collective ability to deter, detect & disrupt those wishing to attack our communities
Designed for key decision makers in businesses ranging from SME to corporate level, the event will focus on the current threat from terrorism to the United Kingdom and will aim to highlight some of the police and private sector partnership work.
Keynote speakers will be attending from the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI), National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO), Local Police Forces and the Security Industry. Together with regional Counter Terrorism representatives they will deliver updates on the proposed Protect Duty, Publicly Accessible Locations (PALs) and advice regarding protecting the public and your business or organisation against a terrorist incident.
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Capital Allowances for the self-employed
If you use the traditional method of accounting, this webinar explains how to claim tax relief when buying higher value items of equipment for your business such as vans, tools and machinery. We won’t be looking at cars as these are covered in a separate webinar.
HMRC on demand Webinar
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