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Business Grants

For broad scope advice on all business grants that are available, and advice on funding to suit your eligibility and requirement, please contact innovation@businesslinksoutheast.co.uk

There are two Business Grants available, which are funded by SEEDA
and delivered by Finance South East, a SEEDA subsidiary
(Grant installments are paid in arrears)
Please click on either grant scheme for further information

           
         
Grant for Research and Development (R&D)

For businesses looking to carry out research or development of a technologically innovative product or process

   Grant for Business Investment(GBI)

To assist businesses to increase their productivity through investment in capital equipment and technology. For businesses looking to modernise, expand or diversify to maintain or establish sustainable growth and provide skilled jobs.
         
Which size company can apply?
  • Small and Medium-sized businesses (SMEs)
  Which size company can apply?
  • Large corporates - are eligible only in Thanet and 3 wards in Dover (Tier 2, Assisted Area)
  • Small & Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are eligible throughout the South East region (Tier 3)
         
Grant Amounts Available
  • £5,000 to £500,000
  • 40% – 60% of eligible project costs

 

   Grant Amounts Available
  • £10,000 to £2m*
  • Up to 35% of eligible project costs dependent on area and case

*in exceptional cases larger grants may be available

         
Click here for more information on Grant for R&D   Click here for more information on GBI grants

Click here to view grant awards for Grant for Research and Development

Click here to view grant awards for Grant for Business Investment

The Grant for Research & Development and Grant for Business Investment are national schemes with strict sets of criteria. Grant applications are assessed by SEEDA and selected entirely at our discretion on an individual basis against the Regional Economic Strategy, the grant criteria, and value for money to the public purse. There is no automatic entitlement.





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