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From providing grants for improving shopfronts in the town centre, creating new workspaces and renovating derelict buildings, to helping existing local creative, digital, construction, trade and manufacturing companies to expand or diversify the services they offer, or funding premises for new start-ups, the St Ives Town Deal Enterprise Grant Scheme is playing a key role in supporting local businesses and organisations.
Launched in 2022, the aim of the scheme is to boost the local economy and support sustainable regeneration. Open to all small and medium sized businesses in the St Ives Town Deal area, capital grants have been available for both existing businesses and start-up businesses.
Three highly successful rounds of the scheme have seen over £2 million allocated to local projects, which have committed to deliver more than 70 jobs.
To date 68 projects have been approved and their contracts issued, with 22 of these projects now complete. A further 18 projects from Round 3 are currently going through the final decision stages with outcomes expected shortly.
Grants have been awarded to projects from a wide range of sectors, with funding ranging from £2,636 for the smallest to £150,000 to the largest.
You can read a press release about the Enterprise Grants scheme here
You can watch a short video about the St Ives scheme here
The Enterprise Grant scheme is one of nine projects which are being funded by the Government as part of the £19.9 million Town Deal for St Ives.
Projects awarded funding range from small grants to purchase equipment, improve shopfronts and remodel existing cafes and restaurants, to larger schemes to create new workspaces, expand premises and renovate derelict buildings.
A full list of the approved projects is available on the St Ives Town Deal website.
Further information on the St Ives Enterprise Grants Scheme is available here :
For further information on the St Ives Enterprise Grants Scheme please email grants@cornwall.gov.uk
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