Financing your business with CC du Pays du Coquelicot

Funder fact sheet

Scope / review

Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot

Inter-municipal body located in the Somme, Hauts-de-France region.

The Communauté de communes runs an economic development policy, supports businesses and centralises information on grants for investment, real estate, rent, retail and digital transition.

The official page states that the department also refers businesses to the Région and other partners. Check the actual funder for each scheme.

Inter-municipal territory of the Pays du Coquelicot.

Several grants require the business to be located in the area. Retail grants may have more specific location rules, particularly in Albert.

Depending on the scheme: micro-businesses, SMEs, craft and commercial businesses, production businesses and certain structures eligible for the digital grant.

Variable criteria: size, turnover, business age, closed financial year, excluded sectors and tax/social compliance.

Business real estate, productive investments, rent for young businesses, fitting-out of commercial premises, and website creation.

The schemes have distinct thresholds, rates and caps; do not apply one scale to all businesses.

Grants calculated as a percentage of expenses or partial coverage of the rent.

The rates indicated on the official pages must be re-checked before applying and do not guarantee that the grant will be awarded.

Contact the Economic Development department: 03 75 63 00 31 — economie@paysducoquelicot.com.

Request the current regulation, the list of documents and confirmation that the scheme is open. Do not commit to expenses before checking the rule on the start of works.

The summary page mentions an exceptional rent grant created during the COVID crisis in 2020 and extended in 2021.

Do not present this old scheme as a current grant.

Have the economic development department confirm that the scheme is open, the applicable regulation, the required documents and how the start of works is treated.

Do not treat a presentation page as an award decision.

Check local location, size, turnover, headcount, social and tax obligations, and sector exclusions.

Conditions specific to each grant.

Check the State aid regime and possible combinations with regional or national grants.

No combination should be assumed.

Official sources

• Economic grants — official portal
• Business real estate grant
• Productive investment grant for micro-businesses
• Productive investment grant for SMEs
• Grant for creating a website
• Rent grant — off-site business incubator
• Contact the Economic Development department