Digital Enterprise
Match-funded grants and impartial advice for West Yorkshire SMEs to invest in digital solutions that will fuel business transformation.
Who it’s for
Digital Enterprise is for growth-focused small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with their main operational base in one of the 5 West Yorkshire local authorities (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, or Wakefield).
Businesses must:
- have been trading for a minimum of 3 years
- operate predominantly as a business-to-business (B2B) organisation
- have a minimum of 5 employees
- have a minimum annual turnover of £100,000
How much you can get
Digital Enterprise offers match-funded grants. There are 2 grant types:
Digital Accelerator Grant
This grant covers up to 50% of project costs, up to a maximum of £10,000, for projects costing between £2,000 and £25,000.
High Impact Grant
This grant also covers up to 50% of project costs, with a maximum value of £35,000, for projects between £25,000 and £100,000.
What you can get
Businesses can receive support from a dedicated digital growth advisor and grant funding for a wide range of transformational digital projects, which help businesses improve performance, increase productivity, become more competitive, and offer new products and services to fuel growth.
Examples of transformational digital projects include:
- cyber security – implementing advanced security measures to protect data and systems
- customer relationship management (CRM) systems – adopting systems to manage customer interactions and improve sales processes
- enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems – integrating business processes into a single system to improve efficiency
- websites and e-commerce platforms – creating new websites or developing existing ones to include e-commerce functionality and sales capabilities
Organiser
Leeds City Council (lead partner and accountable body)