Welcome to this round-up of the latest free support for your business.
Business Support.
Stirling Council - Budget Conversation **Closes 16 December Join this year’s budget conversation by telling Stirling Council what is important to you through this quick survey.?Access the survey here
Scottish Assessors Association (SAA)?-?Non-Domestic Rates Recently the Scottish Assessor’s Association published the results of their most recent revaluation?of Non-Domestic Rates.?Find out more
Business Energy Scotland -?Solar PV fast track assessment?If you’re interested in exploring the benefits that solar PV could offer your business, and are a Scottish SME, Business Energy Scotland advisors can provide you with a free and impartial solar PV assessment.
Business events.
Breakfastbuzz Stirling Falkirk -?Christmas Jumper Networking 13 Dec, 9 am - 10 am The Beancross Falkirk?Come and join Breakfastbuzz on Tuesday morning at their Christmas Jumper Networking. There will be a Christmas Draw (You can bring a small gift), and you can also make a cash donation for The Foodbank - lots of Networking with a hint of Christmas.
Robertson Group -?Meet the Buyer 14 Dec 09.00 - 12.00 Opportunity to learn about Robertson Construction Central East's upcoming project, National Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Hub.
Scotland FSB ?-?Year End Online Festive Extravaganza 22 Dec 16.00 - 17.00 Join the FSB Scotland team in our final online networking event of 2022. Bring Christmas jumpers, Christmas hats and lots of Christmas joy!
Business in the Community (BITC)?-?Climate Action for Business 26 Jan 10.00 - 12.00 Running a business is demanding, making it easy to put climate action to one side. Instead, be proactive - join like-minded businesses at our four interactive workshops and follow-up mentoring sessions, to create your climate action plan now.
Award Deadlines.
Award name Deadline Date? Industry?
RIAS Awards 12 Jan Scottish architecture
FSB Small Business Awards 19 Jan Business???
If you are nominated or win an award let us know at?[email protected]?and we will help spread the word.?
Funding.
Energy Savings Trust -?Business Chargepoint Funding?
To support the uptake of electric vehicles across Scotland, Transport Scotland has made grant funding available through Energy Saving Trust to help organisations install electric vehicle charging infrastructure on their premises.
Funding is currently available for chargepoints for sole use by occupants, staff and visitors. You can access this funding if:
Stirling Council -?Business Resilience and Growth Fund?***Closes 6th Jan 2023
This fund is to support local economic recovery and enable businesses to move towards recovery, growth, adaption and future resilience. The fund will focus on supporting businesses to:?
Businesses can apply for grants of up to ￡25,000.?
The Wolfson Foundation -?Funding for Places?***Closes 5th Jan 2023
The Wolfson Foundation's main grants programme provides support for places. They fund capital initiatives across a broad range of organisations working across the fields of education, science and medicine, health and disability and arts and humanities.?
The Craft Pottery Charitable Trust?-?The Ceramin Art?Grants?***Closes 15 Jan 2023
The Ceramic Art: Grants to Artists program supports studio-based ceramic practices and curatorial research in contemporary studio ceramics. Grants cover direct expenses for a period of independent research, creation, and production of artworks for public exhibitions or the development of prototypes and promotional material.?The maximum grant amount that you can receive from this program is ￡1,000.
The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) -?Feasibility Funding?***Closes 9 Feb 2023
The IBioIC's Feasibility Funding provide members with the opportunity to tap into the expertise of Scotland’s academics to assist with a biotech-focused proof of concept study to support a future funding application for a larger-scale research work programme.
Feasibility projects should focus on innovative applications of industrial biotechnology and address a real market need or commercial opportunity through collaborative knowledge exchange and research between industry members and at least one of Scotland’s talented higher education institution (HEI) research teams.
Trustees make grants of between ￡500 and ￡5000 to enable weavers to:?- purchase special equipment to pursue their craft in a creative manner.?- enjoy a sabbatical period to reassess the creative nature of their work.?- undertake a specific project or projects in furtherance of their craft which might not normally be possible.?- develop the craft in any other way in which the Trustees, at their absolute discretion, think fit.?
Scottish Enterprise -?Low Carbon Manufacturing Challenge Fund?***Closes?31 March 2026
The Low Carbon Manufacturing Challenge Fund helps Scottish manufacturing companies that wish to pursue business growth by developing low-carbon products, processes or services. This may be achieved through pure research and development (R&D), capital investment or environmental aid support.
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sportscotland -?Sports Facilities Fund?***Closes 01 April 2023
Sports Facilities Fund (SFF) supports capital projects that create or improve places where people take part in sports and physical activity. Supported projects?provide opportunities for people to get involved in and participate in sports & physical activity.?
Awards of up to ￡100,000 are available for sports facility projects within clubs and?communities, schools and?education or performance sports environments.??
Foundation Scotland -?Investing in Enterprise Fund
The Investing in Enterprise Fund offers?blended grant and loan investment?to eligible social enterprises, community organisations and charities. The fund can invest between ￡10,000 and ￡250,000 per organisation; up to 25% (￡62,500) of this can be in the form of a non-repayable grant and the remainder a repayable loan.
Scottish Enterprise -?Regional Selective Assistance Funding
RSA funding is designed to support projects that will help create jobs and a greener economy. If your company is in need of at least ￡100,000 in grant funding, check your eligibility and start the application process today.
Scottish Enterprise -?Scottish Land Fund
The Scottish Land Fund supports rural and urban communities to become more resilient and sustainable through the ownership and management of land and land assets.
The fund offers grants of between ￡5,000 and ￡1 million to help communities take ownership of the land and buildings that matter to them, as well as practical support to develop their aspirations into viable projects.
It is funded by the Scottish Government and delivered in partnership with The National Lottery Community Fund and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Scottish Enterprise -?SMART: SCOTLAND Grant
This is a research and development (R&D) grant for small and medium-sized businesses that aims to support high risk, highly ambitious projects. It covers conducting feasibility studies to show how ideas could work in the real world and supports activities that have a commercial endpoint.
Scottish Government -?Zero Emission Mobility Innovation Fund
The Zero Emission Mobility Innovation Fund (ZEMIF) provides discretionary grants to Scottish-based companies to help them manufacture and deploy components, systems and vehicles that will help to reduce the carbon emissions of heavy duty vehicles (HDVs) in Scotland and globally.
Perth and Kinross Council?-?Green Recovery Capital Development Grant
Through the Green Recovery Capital Development Grant, Perth and Kinross Council has made funding of up to ￡25,000 available for businesses that were financially affected by COVID-19 and now want to make capital investments in the Perth and Kinross area.?
Falkirk Council -?Business Resilience Fund
This fund offers grants of between ￡1000 and ￡10,000 to businesses in the Falkirk council area that need to rethink their model of delivery or refocus their efforts to help them grow.
Falkirk Council -?Environmental Improvement Fund
Grants of up to ￡5,000 are available for businesses located in the Falkirk Council area to help them make environmental improvements in the local community through projects, clean-up events and prevention measures.
Perth and Kinross Council -?Micro Enterprise Fund
Through the Micro Enterprise Fund, Perth and Kinross council offer funding of up to ￡1,000 to small businesses or individuals looking to expand their operations or start up in the Perth and Kinross area. Each eligible business or individual can receive a one-off grant of up to ￡1,000 to cover up to 90% of the eligible costs for viable projects.
Screen Scotland?-?Funding
Screen Scotland is aiming to support the?growth of the screen sector through increased funding and support for film and television production, an increase in specialist staff and further investment in skills, festivals, audiences and education.
Open funds include:?
Creative Scotland -?Open Fund for Sustaining Creative Development
Funding of between ￡1,000 and ￡100,000 is available for organisations.?
You may be thinking about new ways of working. If you aim to reach people with your work in performance spaces, for example, you may be looking at new ways to achieve this. You may be looking at ways to stabilise your existing activity. You may be reimagining what you do, and as part of this process, you may wish to take creative risks.
This fund is designed to support you to sustain your practice in a changing world. We are asking you to tell us what you want to do, and how it will help you and/or others in the months and years to come.