There are grants available from £1-£3K for those businesses affected directly by COVID-19:
To be eligible, your business must:
Have fewer than 250 employees
Not be in one of the following sectors:
Agriculture; Fishery and aquaculture; Banking;
Insurance; Tobacco and tobacco products;
Construction or decommissioning of nuclear power stations.
Not be part of a franchise.
Have a trading address within West or North Yorkshire.
Have been trading for at least six months.
Have a business bank account.
The Interactive Business are uniquely placed to provide strategic solutions to help you manage customers and generate an online income and we already have projects in development to help businesses in a post COVID world. In order to help access this funding we have created specfic reduced price packages that meet the suggested requirements of the grant application (see below).
Follow this link for the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership criteria and application form and more information. For those outside West or North Yorkshire you will need to find the relevant authority by searching for 'COVID-19 recovery grant scheme' in your area.
The application process will be competitive, and those that best demonstrate the following, will be prioritised:
A clear impact of COVID-19 on your business;
Your proposed activity to address the impact;
How the proposed activity will positively impact your business through adapting products and services to meet customer needs, building resilience or minimising future business interruption.
For just £49+VAT we will identify which proposed online activities are suitable for your business and provide you with a narrative to support your application.
If your business requires improved online customer service, customer retention and acquisition alone then apply for a smaller grant where the chances of a successful application may improve, however if we feel there is scope for you to adapt your business to generate an online income than the larger grant maybe be applicable.
Projects must be completed and paid for by January 2021 and as the grant will only cover consultancy and design stage - should you proceed to make the changes to your business we will provide you an active online solution that's within the grant received from your application providing it matches the amount requested.
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Structure for online customer service & sales
Structure for online customer service & sales