Staffordshire Moorlands – New grants for local businesses and communities

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council has launched six new grants for local businesses and communities and is now inviting applications.

The business grants now available are:

• Capital grant for improvement to high street businesses – to improve accessibility and/or the attractiveness of retail premises to increase footfall and profitability
• Staffordshire Moorlands innovation SME grant – to increase private-sector investment in growth-enhancing activities
• Staffordshire Moorlands innovation micro growth grant – to invest in growth through innovation which creates new jobs and to encourage new start-up businesses
• Staffordshire Moorlands innovation micro growth grant for tourism – small capital grants for the development and promotion of the visitor economy for all businesses including diversification of farm enterprises

The grants now available to voluntary and community organisations, town and parish councils, cooperatives, community businesses and social enterprises are:

• Staffordshire Moorlands innovation community infrastructure grant – capital funding for capacity building and infrastructure support for activities that enhance physical, cultural and social ties and amenities
• Staffordshire Moorlands innovation community enterprise grant – for new and existing community enterprises that are trading or plan to trade