York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority is offering support to businesses and farms through its Business Sustainability Programme, funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The programme offers funding to help implement energy and sustainability improvements identified in recent audits, with further free audits to be made available later in the year.
Who can apply
Applications will be accepted from businesses who have a trading address within the York and North Yorkshire region, regardless of size or sector, including business-to-consumer and business-to-business models. Applications will also be accepted from farms as well as landlords of commercial units, business parks and other non-domestic buildings (domestic residential properties are not eligible for this programme). Businesses must have been trading for a minimum of 2 years to be eligible to apply.
Applicants who do not own the project property must have a minimum of 5 years left on their current tenancy.
Applicants who received a Business Sustainability grant under the North Yorkshire Council programme cannot apply for this programme until six months have passed since their previous grant project completed.
In order to apply for a grant, applicants must have undertaken an energy audit within the last 3 years. This audit can have been carried out either through a York and North Yorkshire local authority scheme or through a suitable private sector organisation.
Fund available
Individual grants from £2,000 to £49,950
Deadline date
To maximise the delivery timeframe for what are often complex projects requiring external works, grant awards will be made on a rolling basis to projects approved at monthly decision panels.