This fund offers grants for small and medium-sized businesses, social enterprises and self-employed people in East Renfrewshire to help them grow their business and increase turnover.

The grants are available in amounts ranging from £1,000 up to £10,000. This is a match-funded grant, so you will need to match the amount of funding you receive from this grant through other sources.

The grants could be used to help pay for: 

• the purchase of new equipment
• property expansion or improvements
• the costs to exhibit or develop new products and processes

To qualify for support, your business must operate from premises in East Renfrewshire.

The Business Growth Grant is part-funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Local Discretionary Funds.

Yes, if you are a small business, social enterprise or self-employed person running your own business in East Renfrewshire.

Full eligibility criteria are included with the application form.

It is free to apply for the grant.

You'll need to provide 50% match funding (which means you'll need to provide the same amount of funding for the project that you receive through this grant).

Small businesses, social enterprises, and self-employed people in East Renfrewshire.

It takes around 30 minutes to complete the online application form, provided you have all your supporting documents ready to upload.

Once your application is received, East Renfrewshire Council will carry out initial compliance checks. A member of their Business Growth team will then be in touch to discuss your application.

Visit the East Renfrewshire Council website for full details and to apply.