Key Information
Investment
ERDF | £2,400,000.00 | |
Public match funding | £600,000.00 | |
Total | £3,000,000.00 |
Status
Active
Fund
ERDF
Fund Theme
Business support
Location
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
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Funding calls for new projects are now closed under the ESIF Growth Programme 2014-2020.
Funding that supports the economic development of the region. Categories covered include:
Funding that supports employment as well as promoting economic and social cohesion. Categories covered include:
Funding that helps the development of rural areas. Categories covered include:
Learn about live and delivered Projects, how they were funded and their outcomes.
Search our list of common questions and answers
Get support from one of our funded projects.
If you are looking for free, impartial and independent business or skills advice visit the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Growth and Skills Hub.
Residents of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly who are currently unemployed and looking for support to help access work or training, can access free, confidential and impartial guidance from the People Hub.
For general and media enquiries regarding the Programme, get in touch with the Growth Programme communications team growthprogramme@cornwall.gov.uk
Projects
The Export for Growth project is designed to tackle two main obstacles in the area: the low level of businesses exporting and the dependency of current exporters to the EU and US markets. The project will reach out to those businesses that have a potential to export and provide them with intensive support with a view to help them break into export. It will also help more mature exporters, currently exporting only to a small number of near-to-home markets, to widen their horizons and compete in potentially high-return markets.
The local South West LEP areas host a great many enterprises who have the potential to compete in export markets and also has firms who have been exporting for many years but only export a small proportion of their output, exporting only to a small number of near-to-home markets.
Support for SMEs through the essential early stages of development is still lacking in the South West LEP areas.
The Export for Growth project provides intensive support to help SMEs overcome the common barriers to international trade. By enhancing their knowledge through the thinking phase, improving their skills through the planning phase and improving their commercial capability to sell to new international markets in the doing phase, the Project will enable more SMEs to win new business in export markets.
UKTI research confirms that exporting stimulates innovation which in turn leads to stronger growth. The project will tackle these challenges with the Export for Growth project which not only addresses explicit European Structural and Investment Fund strategic aims, but also contributes to the national ambition to double UK exports by 2020.
ERDF | £2,400,000.00 | |
Public match funding | £600,000.00 | |
Total | £3,000,000.00 |
Active
ERDF
Business support
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
Learn about the role of the Growth Programme, funding and its outcomes along with key facts and figures
Learn about active and delivered projects, how they were funded and their outcomes.
Learn about Growth Programme projects in your area
Learn about how individuals and businesses have benefited from projects.
Search our list of common questions and answers
Search our library of key documents for further information
Funding calls for new projects are now closed under the ESIF Growth Programme 2014-2020.
Funding that supports the economic development of the region. Categories covered include:
Funding that supports employment as well as promoting economic and social cohesion. Categories covered include:
Funding that helps the development of rural areas. Categories covered include:
Learn about live and delivered Projects, how they were funded and their outcomes.
Search our list of common questions and answers
Get support from one of our funded projects.
If you are looking for free, impartial and independent business or skills advice visit the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Growth and Skills Hub.
Residents of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly who are currently unemployed and looking for support to help access work or training, can access free, confidential and impartial guidance from the People Hub.
For general and media enquiries regarding the Programme, get in touch with the Growth Programme communications team growthprogramme@cornwall.gov.uk