Securing Development Funding With Sapere
We can offer help with securing many sources of financial support which are available to businesses in the North East. Whilst qualifying criteria is dependent on each business it is important to understand your full requirements before making any applications. Sapere can assist you with the application process as we have many clients who have successfully accessed funding through various resources.
Business Link is just one of the ways of accessing financial assistance. Other funding schemes are available to businesses through Catalyst, One NorthEast, Project North East, The Princes Trust, D2E and more. Please contact us if you would like more information.
Below is a breakdown of the most usual forms of funding...
NEESPR Funding
We often have queries about NEESPR (North East England Service Provider Register), so below is an outline of how it works and who it is intended for.
What are the benefits of using the North East England Service Provider Register?
The North East England Service Provider Register is there to help North East based businesses find suitable suppliers to help with their business. Funding is often available and while up to 100% of the funding to a value of £2000 is available for pre-start businesses in the North East, funding for older businesses is possible too.
What can NEESPR can do for your business?
If you're eligible for funding from Business Link, you can work with Sapere on your project since Sapere are approved members of the NEESPR.
If you're thinking of starting a new business, and would like to know more about the NEESPR and funding, please contact us on 0870 3850603.
If you are interested in getting a project funded, click here to submit an enquiry and see how Sapere Software can improve the effectiveness of your business.
Innovation Voucher Funding
Innovation Vouchers are a Solutions for Business product which enable small and medium-sized businesses to buy specialist support from knowledge-based institutions, like Sapere, to help in the development of new products, services and processes.
The scheme provides vouchers of £3,000 and £7,000 to growing businesses and social enterprises and was set up to encourage and make it easier for more people to engage with the innovative companies like Sapere.
The key benefits are:
- Access the wealth of our knowledge
- Resolve a business issue, quickly, efficiently
- Easy to apply and 'spend' the voucher
- The scheme is a credible and stable way to fund your organisation's technology growth.
- A voucher up to the value of £3,000 voucher is a 100% grant excluding VAT.
- A voucher up to the value of £7,000 is a 70% grant from and businesses must contribute 30% of cash to the project cost.
- Businesses must also pay VAT on the total cost of all innovation voucher projects.
