The next round of Additional Restrictions Grants (ARGs) are now open. These grants are specifically designed to help businesses bounce back from Covid-19 and secure a prosperous future through going digital, going green, or innovating their workspaces and procedures.
Below, you can see the details of each of the grant schemes that are available.
Go Digital This scheme supports digital technology solutions which improve business performance and encourage wider, online access to customers, (e.g., digital marketing, software & hardware, mobile apps, digital training/ courses, digital signage, cyber security, etc.).
Go Green This scheme helps businesses to reduce their carbon footprints, increase energy efficiency and reduce fixed costs, (e.g., adopting green transport solutions, including bikes and E-bikes, using E-Vehicles / delivery vans, introducing LED lighting, solar panels, insulation, and heating pumps etc.).
Innovation The scheme encourages the adoption of sustainable and innovative solutions, by reviewing product or service delivery to improve operations or service provision, (e.g., innovation to reduce of packaging, support for business diversification, moving to more local supply chains, developing solutions to support faster turnaround on products or services etc.).
Business Survival This is 'funding of last resort' to support businesses still severely impacted by the extended Covid-19 restrictions and which are not able to get any other support from other sources.
Applications for this round close on
Monday 13 December 2021Find out how to apply for any of these grants using the link below.
If you need help in the application process or have any queries about the schemes, please email
j.powar@harborough.gov.uk