Application Deadline: Applications for this grant close on 14th July
All applications for the next round of High Street Business Improvement Grant funding need to be submitted before midnight on the advised date.
Applications submitted after this time will not be considered in this round of funding.
Overview and Guidance
A capital grant fund is available to support improvements to shops/premises on the high street.
The objective of this grant is to help re-vitalise High Streets, and make these spaces more attractive, engaging, and accessible for all.
Funding may be used to improve shop frontages, outdoor provision, improve accessibility (including internal layouts and assisted technologies), and energy efficiency of high street premises leading to an enhanced High Street experience.
Grants between £1000 and £9,000 are available to SME Businesses within Staffordshire Moorlands District Council area, who are located on recognised High Street locations.
Grants are available at a maximum of 80% of the total project costs i.e. to achieve a maximum £9,000 grant, project costs would need to be in excess of £11,250 exclusive of VAT.
All successful project applicants must have completed their project, spent, and claimed all the grant no later than 31st January 2025
All grant funding will be paid in arrears via claim process i.e. grant is claimed on completion of all works and evidence of paid invoices.
Grants will be funded from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
As part of our wider support for business we have partnered with Staffordshire County Council and the Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire Growth Hub. If you require any support with grant applications or would like to find out more about how the Growth Hub may be able to support your business, please contact Sandra Nixon, Account Manager and Business Advisor sandra.nixon@staffordshirechambers.co.uk
Please read the full guidance, including who is eligible to apply, here before applying. [171KB]
