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Business Productivity and Digitisation Grant Scheme

The Business Productivity and Digitisation Grant Scheme supports small to medium sized enterprises in South Yorkshire to grow, become more productive and measure that improvement. Over 350 Sheffield businesses have already had a productivity grant and seen immediate benefits in their business, driving business growth and resulting in the creation of more than 180 new jobs.

Published opportunity

Funding
£5,000
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Deadline
No fixed deadline published
Provider
GOV.UK
Current Ventra listing

Published criteria

Who this opportunity is for.

Who can apply
Funding is limited and demand is high, therefore grants are provided on a first come, first served basis. You may only apply for one grant per business. Before contacting the team, you need to be aware of the eligibility criteria. To be eligible to apply for a grant, you must: be trading (for 12 months or more for productivity grants) be based in commercial premises in Sheffield with a lease or license in place (home-based, virtual office, hot-desking and co-working businesses are not eligible) be ready to start an application submission now be able to complete the project and pay supplier invoices in full by December 2026 cover the full cost of the project in advance of claiming the grant have received less than £315,000 of state aid / subsidy (minus the grant amount applied for) over the current and previous two consecutive fiscal years Further eligibility checks will be undertaken when you apply.
Funding organisation
Sheffield City Council
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Funding is limited and demand is high, therefore grants are provided on a first come, first served basis. You may only apply for one grant per business. Before contacting the team, you need to be aware of the eligibility criteria. To be eligible to apply for a grant, you must
be trading (for 12 months or more for productivity grants) be based in commercial premises in Sheffield with a lease or license in place (home-based, virtual office, hot-desking and co-working businesses are not eligible) be ready to start an application submission now be able to complete the project and pay supplier invoices in full by December 2026 cover the full cost of the project in advance of claiming the grant have received less than £315,000 of state aid / subsidy (minus the grant amount applied for) over the current and previous two consecutive fiscal years Further eligibility checks will be undertaken when you apply.
Seed
https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/business
Category tags
grant, digital, business-support, capital, discovery-seed
Seed note
Official Sheffield business portal including productivity, digitisation, and innovation grants.

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