If you are looking to launch a new product, or integrate a new process into your business, there is help out there for you to do this. NWES can help you reach these goals through their Ready Set Go innovation programme. The programme is facilitated by European Regional Development Fund and is designed to help you bring growth to your business and achieve success.
Ready Set Go is available to both pre-start and existing businesses based in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Suffolk. It is available to any business employing less than 250 employees that wishes to increase their levels of innovation by introducing a new product, process or idea.
Sectors that are not eligible: agriculture, education and construction.
As part of the programme your business is provided with business adviser to help implement your project, this support might include help with your business plan, marketing, trade marks, intellectual property or introduction to a knowledge transfer network.
Need funding?
You may also wish to apply for a bursary. The bursaries awarded by the Ready Set Go programme range from £2,500 to £25,000 and represent at 25% reimbursement of spend undertaken by the company. Bursaries can be awarded to assist business in the following areas:
- Research and development
- Knowledge transfer with Universities or Colleges
- Intellectual Property registration
- Equipment or services to support a technology step-change
- Alternative uses for waste products
- Creation of prototypes
- Marketing, publicity and attendance at trade fairs
The bursary is unable to reimburse cost incurred for:
- Vehicles
- Purchase of premises
- Staff costs
For more information please call: 0845 609 9991 or email: [email protected]
