East Suffolk Council’s Economic Development and Regeneration Team have recently launched a new grants scheme aimed at SMEs in the district, with a webinar explaining the scheme coming up on 7 September. The scheme may be of interest to members who are involved with an SME
East Suffolk Council’s Strategic Plan 2020 – 2024 pledges to become a carbon neutral council by 2030, which means environmental benefits are a key consideration. To achieve this, the fund looks to support local SME businesses to make energy efficiency or net zero adaptions to their business to make them more sustainable and efficient. The grants are aimed at small to medium sized businesses with ambitions to reduce their carbon footprint and increase productivity.
We are looking to award grants of between £10,000 – £15,000 per application with an intervention rate of up to 50%.
The following four priorities have been identified by East Suffolk Council and all applicants must ensure that their application provides evidence how it meets one or more of the priorities that support either a move to net zero or energy efficiency to reduce overall carbon reduction of the business:
1. Purchase of capital investment to make small adaptations to businesses
2. Energy efficiency improvements
3. Building fabric upgrades
4. Machinery upgrades
The link to the website for more information is: East-Suffolk-Energy-Efficiency-grant-guidance.pdf (eastsuffolk.gov.uk)