Securing Derby's Future

Derby City Council hopes to unlock £40m from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund for the delivery of a programme comprising a handful of large, strategically significant projects.

One important part of this programme involves establishing a grant/loan scheme that will:

* enable existing businesses with genuine growth potential to secure funding to assist their creation of new jobs.
* enable start-ups and micro-businesses with less than 10 employees to secure funding for their development and expansion.

Businesses will be expected to provide matching funding on a 1:1 basis.

The Government requires Derby to evidence the demand for such a grant/loan fund and how it might be used - i.e. the range of support that the funding would help pay for.

DNCC and Derby City Council therefore would be very grateful if businesses would take 2 minutes to complete this short online survey.

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* 1. Your Details

Name of Business:

Your name:

Business Postcode:

Number of employees:

Contact email:

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* 2. Business Sector

Creative

Advanced Engineering Aerospace & Defence

Micro-electronics

Low-carbon industries

Tourism, Food & Drink

Financial, Insurance & Professional Services

Retail & Distribution

Construction & Development

Social Enterprise

Manufacturing

Consumer services

Transportation

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Do you have a viable idea for starting or growing your business that has stalled due to a barrier that could be tackled with grant assistance?

Yes

If yes, If yes please describe in no more than 3-4 sentences what this barrier is.

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* 4. Which of the following areas of support would help your business to develop and grow?

Workforce Skills development

Coaching / start-up advice

HR, Recruitment & Selection

Employment legislation

Support for exporting

Support for innovation

Manufacturing support

Finance & fundraising

Business Strategy advice

Intellectual Property advice

Taxation advice

Procurement support

General business mentoring

Marketing & social media

Apprenticeship programmes

Taxation advice

Finance for premises/equipment

Technical assistance with a planning/other regulatory matter

Other (please specify)

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* 5. If you have described an idea or business project above, how much funding would you require?

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* 6. If you have described an idea or business project above how many full time equivalent jobs could eventually be created or safeguarded for a year or more?

Jobs created

Jobs safeguarded

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* 7. Does Derby City Council have your consent to use the information you provided as evidence to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills?

Yes