Business benefit from investment funding

BUSINESSES can now benefit from additional support through the South East Wales Local Investment Fund.
The fund is being delivered locally by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's Business Support Unit and has already helped several local firms to buy the equipment and services they needed to secure their success.
Thanks to additional Welsh Assembly Government and European Regional Development financial support, the Local Investment Fund now offers an increased level of assistance - up to 40% - to help businesses start-up or grow.
The Local Investment Fund is open to businesses in RCT that employ less than 250 staff and operate within the business-to- business or tourism arena. Grants of up to £5,000 are available.
It can help them invest in equipment, technology, building works or even marketing materials to assist them as they start-up or grow.
The Local Investment Fund has already helped to create 40 jobs and safeguard some 250 others across South East Wales.
Coun Paul Cannon, Cabinet Member for Economic Regeneration and Housing, said: "I hope the firms that have already been successful in securing assistance via the fund serve as an inspiration for others.
"This is just one part of the unit's job - it is working in many ways to assist the local economy, including via the Business Club."
For more information, contact the unit on 01443 495169 or e-mail invest@rctcbc.gov.uk


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