Business Support Project Fund

10 local providers awarded. The project is expected to run between 1 September 2023 to 31 March 2025 with only Revenue expenditure available this financial year. A small Capital allocation can be applied for from April 2024 at around 10% of Revenue spend. The fund allows bids up to £150,000 and is limited to the South Wales region.

Outputs

  • Number of potential entrepreneurs provided assistance to be business ready
  • Number of businesses receiving financial support other than grants
  • Number of businesses receiving grants
  • Number of businesses receiving non-financial support

Outcomes

  • Jobs Created
  • Jobs Safeguarded
  • Number of new businesses created
  • Number of businesses adopting new to the firm technologies or processes
  • Increased number of businesses engaged in new markets
  • Increased number of businesses with improved productivity
  • Number of businesses introducing new products to the firm
 

For more information and an application form. Please email business@caerphilly.gov.uk

Projects awarded the Business Support Project Fund

Organisation

Project

Description

Awarded Over 2 Years

Welsh ICE

Caerphilly IGNITE, Revitalising High streets

Welsh ICE, Town Sq Spaces, and Caerphilly Business Club have teamed up to offer a package that revitalises high streets across Caerphilly. 

£150,000.00 

Welsh ICE

Caerphilly Enterprise HUB

Hub offeres Subsidised Workspace for pre-start businesses, support for established businesses, training and events, digital learning platform, tailored support, community connections.

£165,000.00 

Welsh ICE

ICE Academy: 5-9 clubs and Hackathons

Entrepreneurship training & support programmes designed to assist aspiring entrepreneurs, early-stage startups, and established businesses. Delivered through 5-9 clubs.

£150,000.00 

ESPORTS WALES CIC

Digital & Creative industry pathways programme

Expand our Industry Pathways Programme by providing training, networking and business support to young people aspiring to work in the digital or creative sectors. 

£165,000.00 

Business in Focus

Focus Futures

Community based engagement and business support service.

£149,110.76

CEMET

CEMET Caerphilly SPF programme

Support Caerphilly based start-ups, micros companies, SMEs and social enterprises through a bespoke 6-8 week SPF funded programme. 

£140,573.52

Town Square Spaces Ltd

Elevate Caerphilly

Project looks to deliver targeted support for pre starts, start ups and businesses with high growth potential.

£139,233.00

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Leading and Growing Business

The project is organised around cohorts who will attend workshops, write assignments, and produce a Strategic Growth Project based on the requirements of their businesses. 

£149,832.00 

CWMPAS

Building community wealth in Caerphilly

Provision of specialist business and consultancy support and market development activity to enhance the delivery capacity of Social Business Wales (SBW) and support social businesses in Caerphilly to start up and grow. 

£122,130.00 

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Clean Growth Innovation Community Programme

The Clean Growth Innovation Community programme (CGIC) will support businesses and third sector organisations in Caerphilly, through a Programme Community of Practice (PCoP), to develop their innovation and Circular Economy (CE) capabilities.

£82,816.00