Businesses on the Isles of Scilly will get a chance to find out what funding is currently available for small businesses through the Objective One Programme.
On Monday 18th March representatives from across the Objective One area will be in the Town Hall on St Mary’s, ready to explain how they can help. This will include umbrella funds such as the Food and Drink Partnership, the Rural Diversification Capital Grant Initiative and the Rural Tourism Improvement Grant.
Any business thinking about taking on and training new staff can get help in the form of wage subsidies and training programmes through new schemes such as the Modern Day Apprenticeship Scheme or CREATE.
Free advice for businesses and social entreprises will also be on hand from Business Link.
‘It is really important that small businesses on the islands get maximum benefit from Objective One,? said the Integrated Area Plan Co-ordinator for the Isles of Scilly. ‘Our economy is dominated by tourism and our agricultural sector is small, any help we can get to strengthen these sectors and diversify into other areas will ensure we have a buoyant future.?
For further details please contact Jane Buchanan at the Council of the Isles of Scilly on 01720 423307, or jbuchanan@scilly.gov.uk.
Jane Buchanan