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	Help For Businesses In addition to grants offered through the Town Centre Improvement Programme, business support and other grant schemes are available: Business Support Hastings and St Leonards Town Centre Management is affiliated with Ten Sixty Six Enterprise - a locally based organisation that provides advice, training and information to businesses. A dedicated and professional team with an in-depth knowledge of Hastings and the local business climate is available to provide advice on suitable sites and other business needs. If you are taking on staff for the first time, planning to expand to new markets, or developing an internet presence, we have the experts to help. The following services and programmes are tailored specifically to entrepreneurs looking to establish a new business locally: One to one sessions with specialist advisors. Three day business start up workshops. Seminars on marketing, finance, ICT and many more business related topics. Hastings lies within an Enterprise Grant area, which means businesses can apply for a discretionary grant of up to 15% to undertake a capital project. The minimum project cost likely to be considered for this type of grant is in the region of £25,000. Ten Sixty Six Enterprise operate three other schemes which are available until 2006: Small Business Support Grant This is a grant of up to £750 to help businesses start up, and will be no more than 50% of eligible costs, either revenue or capital. The business must be located in the Borough of Hastings. Small Business Support Grant - Capital This scheme is mainly targeted at businesses located in the seafront wards of the town, and can grant aid capital purchases (except vehicles) at a rate of 37.5%: minimum £1,000, maximum £6,000. A business plan and cash flow forecast for two years is typical information required to support an application. "Space To Stay" – Hastings Accommodation Upgrade Scheme This is a grant scheme open to owners of small hotels and guest houses to improve their property and train their staff. The grant amount is 50% of eligible costs. Hastings Borough Council assists businesses by: providing an Incentive Scheme to businesses to move into the Borough to employ residents – the grant being linked to the numbers they employ. (A specific application form is available from Ten Sixty Six Enterprise) considering favourable letting terms for industrial space in the Borough. (It is necessary to speak to Hastings Borough Council’s Estates Office at Summerfields Business Centre. Tel. 01424 781641.)

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Help For Businesses

In addition to grants offered through the Town Centre Improvement Programme, business support and other grant schemes are available:

Business Support

Hastings and St Leonards Town Centre Management is affiliated with Ten Sixty Six Enterprise - a locally based organisation that provides advice, training and information to businesses. A dedicated and professional team with an in-depth knowledge of Hastings and the local business climate is available to provide advice on suitable sites and other business needs. If you are taking on staff for the first time, planning to expand to new markets, or developing an internet presence, we have the experts to help. The following services and programmes are tailored specifically to entrepreneurs looking to establish a new business locally:

One to one sessions with specialist advisors.
Three day business start up workshops.
Seminars on marketing, finance, ICT and many more business related topics.

Hastings lies within an Enterprise Grant area, which means businesses can apply for a discretionary grant of up to 15% to undertake a capital project. The minimum project cost likely to be considered for this type of grant is in the region of £25,000.

Ten Sixty Six Enterprise operate three other schemes which are available until 2006:

Small Business Support Grant

This is a grant of up to £750 to help businesses start up, and will be no more than 50% of eligible costs, either revenue or capital. The business must be located in the Borough of Hastings.

Small Business Support Grant - Capital

This scheme is mainly targeted at businesses located in the seafront wards of the town, and can grant aid capital purchases (except vehicles) at a rate of 37.5%: minimum £1,000, maximum £6,000. A business plan and cash flow forecast for two years is typical information required to support an application.

"Space To Stay" – Hastings Accommodation Upgrade Scheme

This is a grant scheme open to owners of small hotels and guest houses to improve their property and train their staff. The grant amount is 50% of eligible costs.

Hastings Borough Council assists businesses by:

providing an Incentive Scheme to businesses to move into the Borough to employ residents – the grant being linked to the numbers they employ. (A specific application form is available from Ten Sixty Six Enterprise)
considering favourable letting terms for industrial space in the Borough. (It is necessary to speak to Hastings Borough Council’s Estates Office at Summerfields Business Centre. Tel. 01424 781641.)

HTCM, Summerfields Business Centre, Bohemia Rd, Hastings, Sussex, TN34 1UT
t: 01424 205518 · f: 01424 205519 · e: enquiries@hastings-guide.com

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