Eligible costs
The following costs are eligible for grant assistance:
- Capital costs
- Marketing costs
- Training costs
Applicants will be eligible to receive 100% of eligible costs up to the maximum grant amount.
The following costs are ineligible for grant assistance:
- Costs which have already been incurred or committed
- Legal fees / Accountancy fees / Insurance cover fees
- Statutory requirement elements, eg planning costs, standard industry requirements
- Wage subsidies
- Existing debt repayment
- Vehicle lease, purchase or rental
- Direct replacement of existing assets
- Acquisition of an existing business, or a management buyout
- The purchase, lease or rental of a property
- Permanent alterations or installations to residential properties unless it can be demonstrated that this is wholly and exclusively for the purpose of establishing the proposed business
Applicants must not incur or commit to any expenditure prior to receiving a formal offer of grant from the Council - any costs incurred or committed to before a formal offer of grant is received will be deemed ineligible for Council grant funding.