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BREAKING NEWS: £14.35m ERDF for the Coast to Capital LEP area will be launched by DCLG on Friday December 8th 2017

8th November 2017

The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) supports research and innovation, small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), and the creation of a low carbon economy.

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Coast to Capital has an ERDF budget of £27m.

ERDF is facilitated in the Coast to Capital area through the “Maximising the benefit of ERDF in Coast to Capital” Technical Assistance Project, which is worth £196,275 in ERDF. The project is led by Coast to Capital, with Surrey County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council providing support.

£14.35m ERDF for the Coast to Capital LEP area will be launched by DCLG on Friday December 8th 2017The £14.35m ERDF will comprise of:

  • £4.6m ERDF in Priority Axis 1 (Innovation) Calls (x 3);

–      1 x Priority Axis 1 (Innovation) Call worth £4m ERDF. 

–      1 x Priority Axis 1 (Innovation) “Knowledge to Market Accelerator” Call worth £500k ERDF. This is a Cross-LEP Call taking place across 5 LEP areas (Coast to Capital, Enterprise M3, Dorset, Solent, and Thames Valley Berkshire). This Call is being led by the Enterprise M3 LEP. The Coast to Capital element of this Call is worth £100k

–      1 x Priority Axis 1 (Innovation) “Quantum Computing Supply Chain Initiative” Call worth £2m ERDF. This is a Cross-LEP Call taking place across 4 LEP areas (Coast to Capital, Enterprise M3, Dorset, and Solent). This Call is being led by the Enterprise M3 LEP. The Coast to Capital element of this Call is worth £500k

  • £5.75m ERDF in Priority Axis 3 (Business Support) Calls (x 2);

–      1 x Priority Axis 3 (Business Support) “C2C Sector Specific Business Support Programme” Call worth £5m ERDF.

–      1 x Priority Axis 3 (Business Support) “Internationalisation” Call worth £750k ERDF.

  • £4m ERDF in Priority Axis 4 (Low Carbon) Calls (x 1);

–      1 x Priority Axis 4 (Low Carbon) Call worth £4m ERDF.

Please visit the Coast to Capital website for further information here, or for advice and guidance on any of the above please contact Matthew Heath, ERDF Project Manager on 01403 333840 or matthew.heath@coast2capital.org.uk

Open Calls

There are currently no open ERDF Calls.

Contracted Projects

2 projects totalling £1.5m ERDF have been fully contracted with DCLG.

Pipeline Projects

There are a further 6 projects, totalling £9.65m ERDF currently in the pipeline at DCLG.

For more in depth information regarding these projects, please click here, or alternatively visit the C2C website here.