Assistance from Business Link West Midlands
As an authorised supplier to Business Link we can help you find funding for a variety of projects. All of the programmes listed below will provide 50% or more matched grant funding. On certain projects this means you could receive half our fees back in the form of a grant.
Criteria varies from fund to fund so please contact us on 08453 313145 to find out which programmes you are eligible for and would suit you best.
Grant assited programmes we can help you with include:
• High Growth Programme – For pre-start and new starts that are going places. Average grant value £2,500.
• Diversification – breaking into new markets. Average grant value £9,000.
• European Regional Development Fund – variety of projects in objective 2 areas (please call us to see if you qualify). Average grant value £5,000.
• Creative and Knowledge Industries – media, publishing, software, art.
• Access to Finance – help to raise money through loans, investment and major grants. Average grant value £2,500.
Soft loans
Soft loans (also known as unsecured finance) are basically business loans where little or no personal collateral is required as security for the loan.
Clearly, any business should try and access ‘soft’ loans first, rather than conventional business loans which require personal guarantees and often a charge on the business owners home.
If there is a soft loan available for your business then we will help you find it. Please contact us for initial free review and free advice.
Other Funds available range from:
- Venture Capital from over 120 UK Venture capital firms
- Private ‘Business Angel’ venture capital individuals
- Invoice Discounting, Factoring & Confidential Invoice Discounting
- Government Agencies including English Estates, WRAP, WDA, Scottish Enterprise & the National Assembly for
available to the Retail Sector in certain areas .
