Grant Advice

Maynard Johns has many years experience in obtaining grant funding for businesses.  As specialists in grant funding we can help you with small business grants or with much larger, specialist grants on an individual basis.  Whether you are already an existing client or just looking for new funding opportunities to help your business grow, we are happy to help.  

In the last round of Leader funding we successfully helped over 60 businesses access in excess of £200,000 of grant funding between them.

Businesses we have helped say:

'When considering a major project to improve shore facilities for Clovelly fishermen a firm of business advisors with an association with the village seemed an obvious choice.

Maynard Johns carefully prepared the business case for the application.  This included interviewing fishermen so that realistic financial projections could be made.  Tact, perserverance and knowledge of conditions for grant support were required.  Maynard Johns's presentation won the support of the European and Marine funding agencies and subject to tender results, will allow this vital community project to go forward.'

The Honourable John Rous, Clovelly Estate Company Limited

‘Maynard Johns were able to assist us in successfully obtaining a grant to expand our business with their wide knowledge of the grant procedure and their assistance with the application, it made the whole process simple to understand and trouble free.’

Cafecino Plus

‘Maynard Johns have become an intrinsic part of our business. Not only do they guide us in our business planning through financial advice in terms that we understand and their personal interest in what our business is about, but their knowledge and expertise in the field of grant availability and eligibility is priceless. Their involvement secured us a £5,000 grant for business growth.

‘We recommend them highly to anyone who is serious about their business and who wants a service over and above the norm.’

The Olden Group

Current Small Business Grants

The Plymouth University and Western Morning News Growth Fund

The PWGF is a grant investment fund and has secured £1 million in funding to help create new jobs or safeguard jobs at risk.

The partnership will work on an individual basis with business to help them develop their proposals.  Investments in individual businesses will be for a minimum of £10,000 and a maximum of £100,000 with the average grant estimated at £30,000.

Examples of potential funding include:

  • Expenditures associated with the purchase of new business premises/refurbishing existing premises, where you can clearly demonstrate the chief constraint on growing your business is issues with the current premises.

  • Purchasing specialist software that will enable you to develop new products or services that will directly create and/or safeguard jobs.

  • Purchasing capital equipment where it will enable you to increase the number of people employed or will safeguard jobs at risk.

The fund is for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset.  It is applicable for companies who are already growing rapidly or have the potential to grow rapidly.  A clear link between the investment and jobs in your business must be made.  A high growth business is defined as one which achieves annual growth rates in turnover or number of employees of over 20% for three consecutive years.  However, if this is not you but you have the ambition to become a high growth business, the application will be assessed on criteria set up by the steering group.  The main thing is a demonstrable ambition to grow.

Eligible businesses are invited to submit a proposal for investment.  Expression of interest forms can be found at:  www.plymouth.ac.uk/enterprisesolutions or by emailing enterprisesolutions@plymouth.ac.uk. 

 

Leadership and Management Advisory Service

Companies in the South West with between 2 and 250 employees can apply for funding to develop their organizations people management and support their most important asset.

Eligibility criteria includes the potential for fast growth defined as:

  • If trading for more than 12 months, the potential to increase turnover and/or number of staff by 20% each year for three years.

  • If trading for less that 12 months, the potential to achieve a turnover of £500,000 within 3 years of trading.

  • Social Enterprise, have the potential to increase turnover and/or staff by 10% in each of the next three years.

Up to £1,000 matched funding can be put towards one or a combination of training solutions.  For example, 50% of the cost of your training up to a maximum of £1,000 which can be used for:

  • Workshops

  • Online training

  • Training programmes

  • Tailored training options

  • Peer learning

  • Higher education qualifications

To apply complete the application form available at www.skillssoutheast.co.uk/leadership-and-management.html and email it to info@skillssoutheast.co.uk.

For more specialist grant advice, please do not hesitate to contact us