CLOSED: SME Support: call in the North East (OC25R18P 0764)

Call to run project's enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises in the North East

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021), Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency
Published
2 March 2018
Last updated
23 April 2018 — See all updates
Fund state:
Closed
Type:
Business support
Location:
North East
Funding source:
European Regional Development Fund
Closing date:
20 April 2018

This call is now closed. Please do not submit an application for this call. The information provided on this page is for reference purposes only.

Details

This call is looking to enhance the competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises, and specifically:

  • Promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms, including through business incubators
  • Supporting the creation and the extension of advanced capacities for products, services and development
  • Supporting the capacity of small and medium sized enterprises to grow in regional, national and international markets and to engage in innovation processes

For more information, download the call specification.

Location

Project’s put forward under this call must cover the North East Local Enterprise Partnership area.

Value

Up to £15,000,000 of funding is available through this call, allocating £4,000,000 in the More Developed area and £11,000,000 in the transition area. A minimum value of £500,000 of funding can be applied for.

Deadlines

Outline application deadline: 20 April 2018

Completion date

It is anticipated that funding from this call will be awarded for up to 3 years.

How to apply

To apply for funding under this call you will need to complete and send the Outline Application form to the email address provided in the call document. The guidance provides information to help you complete the form. The form and guidance can be found here.

Please make sure that you are using the latest version of the form and guidance from our website to submit your application.

You are also advised to read the details in the call documents in order to produce an application that complies with the requirements and meets the needs set out in the Operational Programme. All this information, the related guidance and the European Regional Development Fund Operational Programme can be found from our home page.

You may also find it helpful to see details regarding Technical Assistance projects. Details of these can be found on our website.

What happens next

If your outline application is successful, we’ll contact you and ask you to make a full application.

Contact details

If you have a question, contact [email protected].

Call reference number: OC25R18P 0764

Updates to this page

Published 2 March 2018
Last updated 23 April 2018 + show all updates

  1. This call has closed.

  2. First published.

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