Under the RDPE Growth Programme, there are grants for:
Business Development: Helping small rural businesses grow and create more jobs. SEMLEP's local priorities are:
- enabling farming businesses to diversify into non-agricultural activities
- creating new services or manufacture of new products
- creating one full-time equivalent job for every £25,000 or less of grant investment
- creating apprenticeship jobs, lasting for a minimum of one year
For more information on the business development grants, view the handbook.
*Whilst applications for the present programme are now closed, we are retaining each of the handbook details for reference purposes.
Food Processing: Helping businesses to grow and creating more jobs. SEMLEP priorities are:
- introducing new technologies, techniques or processes, increasing the productivity of the business
- creating new higher-skilled jobs above the current average skill level of jobs in the applicant business
- creating at least 1 full-time equivalent job for each £20,000 of grant investment
- bringing locally distinctive foods to the market, that contribute to the unique food and drink offering of the SEMLEP area
- opening new product markets to the business, potentially reducing the need for imports
For more information on the business development grants, view the handbook.
*Whilst applications for the present programme are now closed, we are retaining each of the handbook details for reference purposes.
Rural Tourism Infrastructure: encouraging more tourists to come, to stay longer and to spend more money in rural areas.
- creating new visitor attractions and/or leisure activities, to increase the range and quality of the rural tourism offer
- including the use of local suppliers, particularly for local food and drink
- creating economic benefits to a number of business, not just the applicant business
- increasing the dwell-time of visitors
- extend the visitor season between the months of October to March
- developing infrastructure to connect rural tourism businesses, including - cycleways, footpaths and local tourism signage
- creating long term sustainable jobs in the applicant business
- creating quality serviced tourist accommodation, where there is clear evidence of need and will achieve formal accreditation through industry bodies
- upgrading existing tourism accommodation to increase the current accreditation rating of the accommodation
For more information on the business development grants, view the handbook.
*Whilst applications for the present programme are now closed, we are retaining each of the handbook details for reference purposes.