Rural Grants that Add Value

- News article posted on Friday 16 Jul 2010 at 12:23 by Jim Hardcastle

Business Links Rural Enterprise Gateway has grants that can help if you want to 'add value' to your product. If you want to improve the processing and marketing of primary agricultural and forestry products read on. It covers:

developing new products and processing facilities
opening up new markets including local or niche markets

For more examples of projects already funded under this Rural Development Programme for England theme, click here. Businesses do not necessarily need to be located in a rural area, provided that they draw their raw materials from identifiable agriculture or forestry producers. The application process is complex but we can help, just email jim@vmcg.co.uk to start off with

- Posted on Friday 16 Jul 2010 at 12:23 by Jim Hardcastle

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