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The Offer
Every eligible business in Merseyside can benefit
from a maximum of £60,000 towards specific training you need to meet your
business objectives. Funding is up to
60% of the cost of the training.
More than 7,000 Greater Merseyside businesses have already benefited.
Who can access the funding?
Funding is dependant upon two factors: the location and
size of your company.
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If your business is classed as small to medium size (SME) you are
eligible to benefit from up to 60% funding towards any training.
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In order to access the funding your company must
be located within the Merseyside Objective One area, ie
Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens or Wirral.
Eligibility Criteria
An SME is defined as a "small or medium-sized enterprise" and is any
entity engaged in economic activity, irrespective of its legal form - including
self-employed people, family businesses, partnerships and associations provided
that it:
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employs fewer than 250 people.
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has a turnover of less than
50 million (about 35m) per annum or net balance sheet assets of less than 43 million (about
30m).
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is an enterprise with less than 25 % of the
capital or voting rights owned by another enterprise (or enterprises) which is
not itself a SME. This threshold may be exceeded if the capital is held by
public investment corporations, venture capitalist or institutional investors.
An enterprise with 25 % or more of its capital or voting rights controlled by a
public body is not a SME.
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The training is not to meet a statutory training requirement
Full terms and conditions are
here
SkillWorks covers five Merseyside local authorities, eligible
objective 1 postcodes are as follows:
Liverpool
L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L11, L12, L13, L14, L15, L16, L17, L18, L19,
L24, L25, L27
Knowsley
L10, L26, L28, L32, L33, L34, L35, L36
Sefton
L20, L21, L22, L23, L29, L30, L31, L37, L38, PR8, PR9
Wirral
CH41, CH42, CH43, CH44, CH45, CH46, CH47, CH48, CH49, CH60, CH61, CH62, CH63
St Helens
WA9 1, WA9 2, WA9 3, WA9 4, WA9 5, WA10 1, WA10 2, WA10 3, WA10 4, WA10 5, WA10
6, WA11 7, WA11 8, WA11 9, WA11 10, WA12 0, WA12 8, WA12 9, WN4 0, WN5 7, L34
(part), L35 (part)
These postcodes are merely a guide, your geographical eligibility will be
checked by providers. |
