Referred to as an employment grant, aid is calculated by reference to the expected wage costs over the first two years of jobs created as a result of an initial investment project.
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The Scottish Recycling Fund is operated by Zero Waste Scotland, in partnership with Scottish Enterprise, to develop key sorting, repair and reprocessing capacity for eligible waste materials, and additional remanufacturing capacity in Scotland.
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This review is designed to bring structure and focus to a company’s marketing operations through the use of a diagnostic framework tool.
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Eligible expenditure is limited to the cost of hiring an Enterprise Ireland approved Marketing consultant for a maximum of 7 days.
The maximum daily fee payable to the consultant is €900 inclusive of travel and subsistence and out of pocket expenses.
Funding will be by way of a consultancy grant. The typical cost of undertaking a Strategic Marketing Review is €6,300. The company must pay the first €1,300 and Enterprise Ireland provides grant funding for the outstanding cost to a maximum of €5,000
Diversifying and expanding your business brings with it the requirement for new skills and expertise. Under the Training Grants Scheme, Údarás na Gaeltachta provides assistance for training programmes that train or retrain employees.
Geographical Coverage: National
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Funding amounts will depend on the type of business proposed, geographical location, skills level required, and the potential employment level of the project.
Údarás can take an equity stake in small and medium enterprises in the start-up and expansion phases where this is of strategic importance to the development of the enterprise.
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This scheme provides assistance to small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) for the provision of expert advice in the required areas to assist in the long term development of the enterprise
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Eligible Cost base
• The cost of the consultant.
State Aid Limits
• The maximum rate of 50% gross of eligible cost applies to all areas, i.e. Border Mid
West (BMW) + South East (S & E) regions.
Maximum European Union aid limit per project
• €200,000 per firm up to end 2006, as per notification to the European Union