Broadland District Council
Business Start-Up
Location Broadland
Dates

The funding opportunity is ongoing
Aims

Objective of the funding opportunity:
To help unemployed people who are starting their own business.
It aims to help the following client groups:
The unemployed
Those in work
 Entrepreneurs
The economically inactive
FRESA priorities The funding opportunity fits with the following FRESA priorities:

Top priorities:
Response to redundancies

Medium priorities:
 Increasing employment rates
Enterprise
Business investment

More information on the FRESA
The following labour market factsheets contain evidence to support bids for this funding: 
Response to redundancies
Eligibility

To be eligible for a grant, individuals must be either:
- registered unemployed for a minimum of one month prior to starting a business
- shortly to be made redundant
- returning to work following a spell of maternatity/ paternity leave

The business created must be for a minimum of 37 hours and applications must be recieved before trading commences.
Accreditation No accreditation is needed.
Amount available Funding available: The grant is for £1,000 and is paid in two installments of £500. The first is paid on start-up, the second on the anniversary of this date (subject to the business still trading in the Broadland area).
Application

For an application form, contact Hamish Melvile (see below for details)
Contact

For further information contact:  

Hamish Melville
Business Development Manager
Broadland District Council
Tel: 01603 430611
E-mail: business.development@broadland.gov.uk
www.broadland.gov.uk/broadland/business.nsf/pages/grants.html