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New Fund Fires Up Coalfield Communities
A new £20 million fund is being set up to boost business in areas crippled by the collapse of coalmining.
Housing Minister John Healey has announced plans to set up a Coalfields Growth Fund to support new and growing small businesses in former coalfield areas.
Places Up For Grabs On American Enterprise Programme
Aspiring Scottish entrepreneurs are invited to enter a competition offering subsidised places at a prestigious Boston-based business school.
Six lucky applicants from the Highlands and Islands region will receive funding to take part in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s renowned Entrepreneurship Development Programme at the end of January.
Climate Change Cash Still On Offer
There’s still time left for Chorley-based companies to take advantage of a scheme to help them go green.
Approximately £30,000 remains up for grabs through Chorley Borough Council’s Climate Change Business Grants programme.


Multi-Million Pound Boost For Marine Energy
Government grants totalling £22.5 million are up for grabs to speed up the commercial development of wave and tidal technologies.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has officially launched their Marine Renewables Proving Fund.
Closing Date Coming For Environmental Awards
There’s only a month left for businesses, schools, councils and charities to enter a prestigious competition offering cash prizes for great green initiatives.
The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2010 close to initial applications on 27 October.
Innovative Industrial Biotech Fund Launched
Up to £2.5 million funding is being made available to carry out feasibility studies into how industrial biotechnology can be used to produce high value chemicals.
The Government’s April 2009 New Industry, New Jobs report highlighted the potential impact that industrial biotechnology could have, in particular by shifting the focus of the chemical industry away from oil to one based on renewable and biological substances.
New Creative Competition Underway
A new £1 million programme to help Scottish artists team up with the wider creative industries sector has opened to applications.
First announced last month, the Vital Spark Awards is the first project to be financed by the £5 million Innovation Fund established by Creative Scotland, the new body set up to nurture the nation’s cultural and artistic talents.
Scots Given Incentive To Tell Apprentices: “You’re Hired”
Employers can receive £2,000 to recruit a redundant apprentice under a Scottish Government scheme.
Up to £1.7 million European Social Fund cash has been made available for “Adopt an Apprentice”, the first project to be supported through the Government’s skills development programme ScotAction.
Second Chance To Net Innovation Assistance
Companies in the East of England have a second chance to scoop £3,000 funding to boost their business by working alongside one of the region’s universities .
The second round of the East of England Development Agency’s Innovation Vouchers programme has opened to applications.
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