๐–๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ โ€“ ๐”๐Š ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

๐—จ๐—ž ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€

Worcester City Council received an allocation for ยฃ2.96m and currently has 3 grant schemes open for applications.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜

This grant offers funding of up to ยฃ12,000 towards refurbishment of an empty premises and ยฃ6,000 towards improvements of an occupied one.
Businesses at start up stage or trading less than 12 months can apply for a business start up grant of up to ยฃ1,000, if home based, and ยฃ2,000 if moving into a commercial premises.
Businesses that have been trading longer than 12 months and require financial help to grow their business, can apply for a business growth grant of up to ยฃ2,500 if home based and ยฃ5,000 if in a commercial premises.
The business must be based in Worcester. Businesses need to apply for the grant and must provide match funding.

For further information email the Economic Development team at Worcester City Council via economy@worcester.gov.uk.