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Midlands Environmental Business Company Collaborating for Sustainable Profitable Business Growth Coll llabo borating ing for Sustain inable ble Profit ofitable le Bus usine iness Growt owth @_MEBC www.mebc.org.uk Midlands

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Midlands Environmental Business Company

www.mebc.org.uk @_MEBC

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Collaborating for Sustainable Profitable Business Growth

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Midlands Environmental Business Company

www.mebc.org.uk @_MEBC

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Collaborating for Sustainable Profitable Business Growth

Welcome Richard Baines

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Business description:

NatWest Bank is part of the RBS group which has a wide array of market leading customer and financial brands. NatWest provides a full portfolio of products and services that were developed with a focus on businesses, helping them achieve their ambitions and save time and money. NatWest is committed to supporting entrepreneurial communities across the UK.

Name: Matthew Jenkins Company Name: NatWest

www.natwest.com/business/boost matthew.1.jenkins@natwest.com

@MattCJenkins21

LinkedIn Grp – NatWest Boost Midlands

My skills and how I can help:

  • Over 10 years Banking Experience
  • Support a team of 13 experienced

relationship managers

  • Conduit to the wider RBS Group
  • Work closely in the local market to

support, develop and add value to SME businesses.

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MEBC/NatWest Working with HS2 Event RBS Building, Birmingham 26th October 2017

Business Growth Programme

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Business Growth Programme

presented by

Dr Suresh Patel

Business Enterprise Manager Birmingham City Council

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The Business Development and Innovation Team

Successfully providing innovative business solutions for growth, job creation and economic prosperity

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Programme introduction

  • £33m programme
  • SME supply chain companies stimulating

innovation and growth

  • Greater Birmingham & Solihull, The Marches,

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire LEP areas

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Eligibility*

  • Have between 1-249 employees
  • Trading for 6 months or more
  • Trading solely on a business-to-business basis
  • Pay business rates to one of the local

authorities in the programme area

  • Business activity is eligible

*Other criteria also apply

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Key components

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Offer: £20k - £167k

  • Supply chains with investment plans delivering

current growth of the company

  • Eligible expenditure:

➢ Capital expenditure ➢ New product development ➢ Market development ➢ Building information modelling

  • De minimis regulations apply
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Target group

  • Project costs for supply chain companies preparing their

business to take advantage of current growth for future HS2 business opportunities

  • 60% of HS2 procurement opportunities will be available to

SMEs, so an HS2 Supply Chain Programme grant could be used to help prepare your business and increase your chances of success

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  • Supply chains in, or diversifying into,

the green economy

Eligible expenditure:

➢ Capital expenditure ➢ New product development ➢ Market development

  • De minimis regulations apply

Offer: £20k - £150k

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  • Supply chains with new innovative

production processes

Eligible expenditure:

➢ Capital expenditure ➢ New product development ➢ Market development

  • De minimis regulations apply

Offer: £10k - £30k

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  • Expansion/Relocation/Access to markets

Eligible expenditure:

➢ Capital expenditure ➢ Relocation and expansion ➢ Market development

  • De minimis regulations apply

Offer: £10k - £20k

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Partnerships

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Role of Partners

  • Birmingham City Council

➢ Accountable body/programme lead

  • The Growth Hubs

➢ Gateway/awareness/referral/diagnostics/events to the

programme

  • Delivery Partners

➢ Awareness/engage/assistance with completing applications ➢ Investment Board/Panel ➢ Steering group

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Outcomes

SMEs • Increase the competitiveness of 584 SMEs Jobs

  • Create 1,354 new jobs
  • Generate £15m private sector investment

GVA

  • Increase GVA of £100m by 2020
  • Savings to the Exchequer of £15m

Investment Savings

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Results - Oct 16-Oct 17

SMEs • 240 SMEs approved

Jobs • 163 new jobs created Jobs • 738 job opportunities created

Grants • £6.64m grants awarded

Investment • £9.12m private sector investment

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How to access the BGP

https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/bgp Hotline number 0121 464 6456 for general queries Ring Suresh Patel on 0121 303 3091 for specialist queries suresh.patel@birmingham.gov.uk @ERDFBGP Local Growth Hub

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BGP downloads

  • BGP web e-leaflet
  • BGP 3 LEP area maps
  • Eligible and ineligible Business Activities (inc SIC codes)
  • Eligible and ineligible Project Costs
  • Funding Round Schedule
  • BGP Procurement Guidance Notes
  • OJEU SME Declaration
  • HS2, GB, BIP and BDP Application Forms
  • HS2, GB, BIP and BDP Guidance Notes
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Questions & Answers

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Property Investment Programme

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  • ERDF funded
  • November 2016 - September 2019
  • Permanent open call
  • Covering the Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP area

Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Redditch, Solihull, Tamworth, Wyre Forest Property Investment Programme

Programme introduction

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Eligibility*

*Other criteria also apply

Property Investment Programme

  • Have between 1-249 employees
  • Trading solely on a business-to-business basis
  • Pay business rates to one of the local

authorities in the programme area

  • Exclusively land and property
  • Business activity is eligible
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  • Maximum grant of €200,000 (approx £170,000)
  • Up to 40% grant contribution towards eligible capital

costs

  • Building works, structural refurbishment/new build

and fees (12%)

  • De minimis state aid rules apply

Offer

Property Investment Programme

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  • EU ERDF procurement guidelines apply
  • Financial, due diligence and QS value for money appraisals
  • Appraisal and project timescales
  • Freehold / Leasehold
  • Job creation and commercial floor-space refurbishment/

new-build

  • Legal charge over property where grant exceeds £25,000

(5 years)

Criteria

Property Investment Programme

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  • £5,560,000 total budget
  • 40 SMEs assisted
  • 120 full-time equivalent jobs created
  • 20,000 sq m new/refurbished commercial floor space
  • Up to two claims

Outputs

Property Investment Programme

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www.birmingham.gov.uk/pip 0121 464 9861 Ashfaq M. Ashraf Principal Business Officer Birmingham City Council ashfaq.ashraf@birmingham.gov.uk

How to access PIP

Property Investment Programme

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Questions & Answers

Property Investment Programme