Business start up grant

5. What you cannot use the grant for

Ineligible expenditure includes: -

• General revenue expenditure such as, staff costs or any other taxes, hire purchase/lease purchases,
• General Vehicles such as cars and vans
• Premises improvement / minor building works.
• Repair, maintenance, and decoration costs,
• Replacement of existing fixtures and fittings.
• Contingency fees and costs which were committed or spent before the offer and acceptance of the grant.
• Working capital costs such as stock, rent, rates, administration.
• Membership & affiliation to governing bodies, etc.
• Costs of work being carried out as a legal statutory requirement, inc. planning permission.
• Feasibility studies
• If the business is VAT registered, then VAT will be ineligible. VAT will be payable in cases of non-VAT registered companies.
• No expenditure should be incurred before grant approval as the grants cannot be awarded retrospectively. We cannot consider items that have been committed for purchase eg a security deposit without prior consent from the grants team. This will be given case by case consideration.
• Cash purchases will not be considered for grant payment.
• Items purchased through lease purchase, hire purchase, extended credit agreements/finance leases will not be considered for grant funding.
• Items bought via credit cards are eligible but the applicant will need to show that the amount on the card has been paid in full before claiming the grant?.
• Professional fees associated with general business consultants including business plans/ BID writing and any fees associated in completing an application for grants purposes