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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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.
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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.
Erasmus+ features several actions of relevance to Blue Economy sectors, such as strengthening cooperation between industry and education, and promoting adult learning and mobility of students, trainees, volunteers and trainers.
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The 2018 budget is expected to reach EUR 2.7 billion
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Research & innovation
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Socio-economic science and humanities; Blue Growth; Maritime Technology
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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The objective of the Business Links Grant is to assist clients to explore new market opportunities using market research companies or qualified third party service providers to target and evaluate potential end-market customers.
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The maximum grant funding for a Business Links Grant is 50% of eligible expenditure up to a maximum grant of €20,000 Receipt of other grants from Enterprise Ireland may impact on eligibility for support under this initiative