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Greater Lincolnshire LEP

Find Out About Funding Opportunities for Rural Businesses

Do you run a rural business in Greater Lincolnshire? Are you interested in finding out about new funding opportunities?

If so you can attend a workshop in Holbeach on Tuesday 24th January being staged by the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership.

The European Funding Workshop to Promote Funds to Rural Businesses will cover:

• rural funding opportunities for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Greater Lincolnshire
• new calls for activity soon to be announced under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for food processing, business development and tourism projects
• the LEP’s LEADER funding which is targeted at small rural businesses and communities and aims to:
o support micro and small businesses and farm diversification
o boost rural tourism, farm productivity and forestry productivity
o provide rural services and cultural/heritage activities

The workshop will take place from 10am until 12 noon on Tuesday 24th January 2017 at the National Centre for Food Manufacturing on Park Road in Holbeach, PE12 7PT.  Registration takes place from 9:45am.

Tea and coffee will be provided, parking is available and the workshop is free to attend.

To book your place visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-funding-workshop-to-promote-funds-to-rural-businesses-tickets-30887175373

Notes to Editors:

• The Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership is a private and public sector partnership led by the private sector which aims to improve conditions for infrastructure and doing business in the Greater Lincolnshire area.
• One of the first LEPs to be established in the UK, the Greater Lincolnshire LEP covers a large geographical area with a population of over one million and a diverse range of industries, from ports and logistics to farming, tourism and engineering.
• It includes North and North-East Lincolnshire and the administrative county of Lincolnshire and is controlled by a LEP board made up of leading figures in the public and private sector.
• Visit www.greaterlincolnshirelep.co.uk for more information.

For media information please contact:
Jez Ashberry
Shooting Star
01522 528540
07780 735071
jez@weareshootingstar.co.uk
[LEP135ruralfunding]


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