Ruddocks at 140: A celebration of history, community, and innovation
On Thursday, October 10th, Ruddocks officially launched a year-long celebration to mark an incredible 140 years in business.
Read MoreThe Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership is to reallocate £2m of its existing funding towards a new Clean Growth Accelerator Fund to help tackle the impact of climate change.
Building on the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution and the recently released UK Innovation Strategy, the LEP is inviting organisations and businesses to submit projects that will help to develop innovation and R&D ideas focused on decarbonisation and clean growth.
“We are delighted to announce our new Clean Growth Accelerator Fund for Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland,” said Pat Doody, Chair of the Greater Lincolnshire LEP.
“Not only will this fund help us to achieve our Net Zero ambitions, but it will also ensure that innovation remains at the heart of our economic growth.”
The essential criteria for this fund are as follows:
– proposals should be capital focused but can include a revenue element which should not exceed 10% of the project cost
– schemes must be over £1 million in overall value with a minimum grant requested of £500,000
– projects that are related to clean growth and driven by R&D and innovation will be considered, but they must relate to one of the following LEP game changers or sectors:
— UK Food Valley
— Humber Freeport
— Clean energy
— Defence
— Visitor economy
— Health and care
“The funds must be spent by July 2024, and outcomes must be delivered by 2026/27, so any proposals submitted need to be already well progressed in terms of design, planning and match funding,” said Pat Doody.
Match funding identified must be a minimum of 50% (further grant funding level restrictions may apply to SMEs according to government subsidy regulations).
Schemes must demonstrate direct public/private investment leverage and job creation and/or research and development outputs with clear clean growth-related outcomes.
Examples could include:
Applicants must be located in Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland. The closing date for submissions is 5pm on Monday 28th February 2022.
On Thursday, October 10th, Ruddocks officially launched a year-long celebration to mark an incredible 140 years in business.
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