Capital Investment Grants

 Grant for Business Investment (GBI)

Grant for Business Investment (GBI) forms part of the governments 'Solutions for Business' - a highly targeted, publicly funded suite of products and services offering solutions to real business needs and tackling market failure.   

GBI is a national scheme, managed regionally by the Regional Development Agencies, supporting businesses to make investments to set up, expand, diversify and modernise. Typically, a grant is offered to support the acquisition of key assets, such as buildings, plant and machinery and to support the creation of new jobs or to safe guard existing ones. 

Grants will, on average, cover 10 to 20 per cent of the project's total cost. £10,000 is the minimum grant value available.

 Assistance is provided to:

• Launch a new business
• Expand / modernise / reorganise an existing business
• Upgrade a business, introducing technological or other innovative improvements
• Establish research and development facilities
• Take the next step from development to production

 Am I eligible to apply?