The Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) Growth Programme is open for applications from Monday 4 November to Sunday 16 February 2020.
The programme provides grants for rural start-ups and businesses to purchase state of the art equipment and machinery to grow their business or open up opportunities for tourism.
The minimum grant size has reduced from £35,000 to £20,000 meaning that more small or micro businesses could be eligible for a grant for their projects.
There are 3 calls open further details are below.  The Handbooks and Expression of Interest (EOI) Form can be found HERE.  EOIs should be submitted directly to growthapps@rpa.gov.uk and for additional funding Wattsford Commercial Finance will be able to support your application with a mix of asset finance and start up loans.
Andrew Wattsford started his career working for Farmway Limited (now Moles Country Stores).