Business Enhance Grant Schemes
BUSINESS ENHANCE GRANT SCHEMES
€51 MILLION IN GRANTS TO SUPPORT ENTERPRISES
The Business Enhance Grants Schemes, part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020, seek to support enterprises when undertaking investment projects aimed at securing sustainable business growth, by becoming more competitive, innovative and become more resilient to market challenges.
The Grant Schemes address a number of priorities under Operational Programme I 2014-2020 ‘Fostering a competitive and sustainable economy to meet our challenges’. These will fall under three main priority axis:
Priority Axis 1: Investing in research, technological development and innovation
Priority Axis 2: Consolidating Investment within the ICT sector
Priority Axis 3: Enhancing Malta’s competitiveness through investment in SMEs
The first two schemes launched under this initiative are the Start-up Investment Grant Scheme and the SME Growth Grant Scheme.
Start-up Investment Grant Scheme: Maximum Grant €300,000
Budget: €7million
Aimed at assisting start-ups in overcoming challenges in their early stages and to economically exploit their ideas to ensure their survival, this scheme shall assist start-ups to part-finance 50% of the eligible expenditure related to their initial productive investment costs in tangible and intangible assets when implementing their business growth strategies.
SME Growth Grant Scheme: Maximum Grant: €500,000
Budget: €8 million
This scheme seeks to assist SMEs to respond to market demands and undertake timely interventions by part-financing eligible expenditure related to initial investments in tangible and intangible assets towards the implementation of their growth strategies related to the extension of the capacity of an existing establishment, or the setting up of a new establishment. The applicable aid intensity for micro and small enterprises is 35% and 25% for medium enterprises.
http://businessenhance.gov.mt/en/schemes/Pages/General-Information-.aspx
Contacts
For further information please contact:
Marica Bonello
Tel: +356 21423059
