South East Business Boost — Business Growth and Productivity Grants

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Programme Management team manage the overall SEBB Grants Programme across the SELEP area. East Sussex is a delivery partner in this wider programme and is responsible for generating leads for grants and getting sufficient businesses to apply. Businesses are able to apply for grants directly to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, without receiving any support.

The role of the service provider in East Sussex will be to market the available grant offers to SMEs throughout the East Sussex area support eligible businesses through the grant process ensuring a minimum of 156 grants are delivered in East Sussex, provide all necessary reporting to the Programme Management Team at the Lead Authority (Southend-on-Sea Borough Council) and the County Council. The budget for the delivery of the grants programme is 75 300 over the lifetime of the contract.