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Local Grants
WYCA Good Growth Programme
£500 investment from business
For: marketing strategy, marketing audit, strategic marketing activity
Focus: Growth (ideally with job creation)
Support: 4 days
SMEs based in 5 West Yorkshire Local authorities (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield)
Access to 5 Masterclasses
B2B and B2C
WYCA Business Boost Programme
50% funded by business/grant
For: marketing strategy, marketing audit, strategic marketing activity
Focus: Innovation/growth (ideally with job creation)
Support: 4 days
£1100 investment from business
SMEs based in 5 West Yorkshire Local authorities (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield)
B2B and B2C
Digital Enterprise
50% funded by business
For: new websites and other digital projects
Focus: growth
Support: £2k - £10k
Eligibility
- based in 5 West Yorkshire Local authorities (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield)
- Min 5 employees*
- B2B or B2C**
- Trading for min of 3 years
- VAT registered or demonstrate an annual taxable turnover of £85k+
*Will consider less if substantial growth plans
**B2C restrictions apply
Ad:Venture
50% funded
Basic eligibility criteria:
- The business is trading, and has been trading less than 3 years
- Aims to achieve a VAT threshold (currently £85,000 per annum) level of turnover within 2 years
- Ambitions to recruit and build the team within 12 months
- Be based in West Yorkshire (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield, and Leeds).
- Be an SME and trading B2B (selling to other businesses). Or B2C (selling to consumers) but only if more than 50% of turnover is derived from customers located outside of the West Yorkshire geography
LEP Business Support
Signposting and referring SME businesses to programmes to support growth
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