- 18 Jun 2013
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Funding
Aerospace businesses are set to benefit from up to £90 million of overall funding to develop new, advanced technologies £50 million competitive fund to encourage aerospace innovation £40 million national supply chain partnership gets the green light Aerospace businesses are set to benefit from up to £90 million of overall funding to develop new, advanced [...]
Government
Renewables
- 14 Jun 2013
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Finance
The Department of Energy and Climate Change announced the launch of the second phase of its Energy Entrepreneurs Fund on 13th June 2013 . Of the total £35m allocated over the Spending Review period to support the development and demonstration of innovative technologies or processes in energy efficiency, storage and low carbon generation, £16million has [...]
Funding
SMEs
A NEW £2.4m fund aimed at boosting growth among SMEs in the North East has been launched by business support group Entrust. The Entrust Growth Fund will offer loans of up to £50,000 to North East-based businesses struggling to secure mainstream financial backing for their growth plans. It is unique in the region in that [...]
Enterprise Zone
Government
The government is to increase its infrastructure investment in enterprise zones by £100 million. This investment will help enterprise zones attract business and create thousands of local jobs, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced today (10 June 2013). Thirteen enterprise zones have been green lighted to receive the new money for 18 projects to build service [...]
Government
Social Investment
The Prime Minister has today launched a consultation on the design of a new tax relief for private investment in social enterprise, at the G8 Social Impact Investment Forum in London. This follows the Chancellor’s announcement at Budget 2013 that the Government would introduce a new tax relief for private investment in social enterprise from [...]