Supporting Business Anchor
Helping businesses start and succeed by providing grant funding. In addition, this anchor will also provide business support activities and support businesses to achieve net zero, as well as increasing footfall in the city centre through events.
Business grants include:
- Pre-start Grant
- Website Development Grant
- Carbon Reduction Grant
- Business Growth Grant
- Supplier Development Grant
- Property Development Fund
Find out more about these grants and apply Financial support
Business support activities
Programme of Business Swansea workshops and networking events to support new start-ups and existing businesses covering topics such as employment law, accessing finance, cyber security, accounting, social media marketing. This would include Introduction to self-employment courses for individuals considering starting their own business (linking with employability projects.
The Supplier Development Programme would address this need and provide Sell2Wales, e-tender Wales and how to supply Swansea Council workshops to give small businesses the skills to tender for Council and other contracts through Sell2Wales.
Support local food businesses and deliver the 'Championing Local Food' programme of work in the Economic Recovery Plan in partnership with the Swansea Food Partnership. The aim of this work is to shorten food supply chains in Swansea, raise awareness of local food and raise the profile of Swansea as a food destination.
Supporting businesses to achieve net zero
Alongside the business carbon reduction grant, the Business Swansea Anchor would provide 'Towards Carbon Zero' training courses that would include energy/carbon reduction audits for Swansea based SMEs.
Generating footfall through events
Funding for a city centre events officer to sit within the City Centre Management Team, and an events budget to deliver events linked to Swansea Market to generate footfall for the benefit of existing businesses.