Creating, setting up and growing your business in the Rurales de l’Entre-deux-Mers

Funder

CC Rurales de l'Entre-Deux-Mers

Number of grants recorded

13 grants in the master database

Status

Partial review: regulation, opening status, amounts and criteria to be confirmed with the communauté de communes.

An overview of local economic support

For a micro-business or SME located in a rural area, the costs of setting up, compliance upgrades, digital transformation or business development can weigh on cash flow. Local grants can contribute to certain expenses if the business, its activity and its project comply with the applicable regulation. The catalogue records thirteen schemes, organised here by need.

Who may be concerned?

According to the fact sheets, potential beneficiaries include craft businesses registered with the RNE, shops, service providers, farming businesses, micro-businesses, social and solidarity economy structures, business groupings or associations, and partnerships. Several fact sheets indicate turnover below €1 million excluding VAT or fewer than ten employees, as well as compliance with tax and social obligations. Some exclude regulated professions, SCIs or GFAs (agricultural land companies). These criteria are not necessarily the same for all thirteen schemes: check each regulation.

Which expenses are covered?

The categories recorded cover connection to very high-speed broadband, equipment and rent for shared workspaces, market studies, legal fees and certain investments linked to an acquisition or a business transfer, trade shows, compliance upgrades, modernisation, tourism promotion, and apprentice mobility. The expenses must correspond to the specific scheme and be evidenced by quotes and invoices. Do not assume that expenses already committed are admissible.

The 13 grants recorded

The amounts below are taken from the Capital OS master database. They remain indicative until the local authority has confirmed in writing their currency and the funding available.

Grant for the roll-out of very high-speed broadband

ID 11908 — Reference database amount: Grant capped at €1,000 and representing:

a maximum of 20% of eligible expenses for micro-businesses; a maximum of 10% of eligible expenses for SMEs.

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Purpose

Encourage the connection of businesses to very high-speed electronic communication networks based on shared local optical loop technology (BLOM), serving all homes and businesses in an area down to the last connection (FttH).

Eligible expenses

Investments linked to connecting to very high-speed broadband.

Beneficiaries / conditions

craft businesses registered with the RNE; retail businesses or service providers registered with the RNE; farming businesses; business groupings and associations; micro-businesses; social and solidarity economy businesses; partnerships, excluding SCIs and GFAs.

Not eligible: regulated professions.

Grant for the roll-out of a network of shared workspaces

ID 11915 — Reference database amount: Investment: grant representing a maximum of 30% of eligible expenses, up to a limit of €1,000; Rent: grant representing a maximum of 30% of eligible expenses, capped at €1,200 over 3 months, i.e. €400 per month.

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Purpose

Support the creation and development of shared and collaborative workspace projects (coworking, etc.).

Eligible expenses

Equipment investment; Rent support.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Associations are also eligible. Not eligible: regulated professions.

Grant for the development of the social and solidarity economy

ID 11916 — Reference database amount: Grant representing a maximum of 50% of eligible expenses, up to a limit of €1,500. %mini%

Purpose

Support solidarity-based and community projects.

Eligible expenses

Logistics costs; Equipment costs; Facilitation costs; Investment costs; Communication costs.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Business groupings; Cooperatives; Associations.

Grant for land acquisition costs

ID 11911 — Reference database amount: Grant representing a maximum of 30% of eligible expenses, up to a limit of €1,000. A bonus of €1,000 is possible in the event of job creation.

Purpose

Support business creation as part of setting up.

Eligible expenses

Legal fees (frais d'actes).

Beneficiaries / conditions

Not eligible: regulated professions.

Grant for rent costs

ID 11910 — Reference database amount: Grant representing a maximum of 30% of eligible expenses, up to a limit of €1,200 over 3 months, i.e. €400 per month. A bonus of €1,000 is possible in the event of job creation.

Eligible expenses

Rent cost excluding charges.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Not eligible: regulated professions.

Grant for trade shows and events

ID 11906 — Reference database amount: Grant representing a maximum of 25% of eligible expenses, up to a limit of €150. %mini%

Purpose

Promote local businesses and the exchange of knowledge.

Eligible expenses

Costs of taking part in national and international trade shows.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Not eligible: regulated professions.

Grant for market studies

ID 11909 — Reference database amount: Grant representing a maximum of 30% of eligible expenses, up to a limit of €500. %mini%

Purpose

Support creation and development projects.

Eligible expenses

Market study costs.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Not eligible: regulated professions.

Grant for compliance upgrades

ID 11907 — Reference database amount: Grant representing a maximum of 30% of eligible expenses, up to a limit of €1,500. %mini%

Purpose

Support businesses in bringing their structure up to standards ahead of requirements; Support the modernisation of the retail and craft sector.

Eligible expenses

Investments for compliance upgrades; Labelling/certification of shopkeepers and craftspeople.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Not eligible: regulated professions.

Mobility grant

ID 11918 — Reference database amount: Grant representing a maximum of 50% of eligible expenses, up to a limit of €600 per year. %mini%

Purpose

Help businesses employing apprentices by covering transport costs.

Eligible expenses

Coverage of part of the transport costs.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Not eligible: regulated professions.

Modernisation grant

ID 11914 — Reference database amount: Grant representing a maximum of 30% of eligible expenses, up to a limit of €1,000. %mini%

Purpose

Support local players in the pursuit of innovation and the modernisation of tools and processes.

Eligible expenses

Study costs; Labelling/certification costs; Innovation costs (patent, etc.).

Beneficiaries / conditions

Not eligible: regulated professions.

Grant for tourism promotion of the area

ID 11917 — Reference database amount: Grant representing a maximum of 30% of eligible expenses, up to a limit of €1,500. A bonus of €1,000 is possible in the event of job creation. %mini%

Purpose

Support tourism businesses setting up or developing in the area.

Eligible expenses

Tangible and intangible investment; Communication costs.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Tourism businesses.

Grant for business takeover and transfer - Grant for the seller

ID 11912 — Reference database amount: Study cost: grant representing a maximum of 30% of eligible expenses, capped at €500; Investments: grant representing a maximum of 30% of eligible expenses, capped at €1,000.

Purpose

Support and assist businesses in finding buyers.

Eligible expenses

Study cost; Investments.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Not eligible: regulated professions.

Grant for business takeover and transfer - Grant for the buyer

ID 11913 — Reference database amount: Grant representing a maximum of 30% of eligible expenses, up to a limit of €1,000. %mini%

Purpose

Support the purchase as part of a business takeover.

Eligible expenses

Legal fees (frais d'actes); Communication costs.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Not eligible: regulated professions.

How to prepare an application

Confirm that the scheme is open

Contact the relevant department of the communauté de communes and ask for the dated regulation, the submission timetable and the available budget.

Check eligibility

Have the geographic scope, the eligible activity and legal form, the headcount or turnover thresholds, and any exclusions confirmed.

Validate expenses before commitment

Have the eligible expenses, the dates used, the required quotes and the combination rules checked. Wait for approval if the regulation requires it.

Put together the application

Prepare proof of registration, the project description, quotes, the financing plan and the requested certificates.

Points of caution

Check whether the rates apply to expenses excluding or including VAT, whether a minimum threshold exists, whether the job-creation bonuses are still provided for, and whether regional or European grants exclude combination. The amounts in the reference database are not a promise of award.

Frequently asked questions

Are all thirteen grants currently open?

The open status of each of the thirteen lines could not be confirmed by an up-to-date official page. Ask the communauté de communes for a current list of usable schemes.

Can I apply after buying the equipment?

Do not assume so. Have the eligibility date confirmed before signing an order or paying an invoice.

Can the grants be combined?

Combination depends on the regulation and other financing obtained. Declare the grants applied for or received for the same expenses.

Where can I check the official information?

The communauté de communes' website is the first point of contact. Departmental sources provide territorial context, but do not replace the regulations specific to each grant.

Sources and validation limitations

The communauté de communes' institutional website and public documents from the Département de la Gironde. The sources consulted are not sufficient to validate the current opening status and parameters of the thirteen schemes.

Official sources

• Communauté de communes institutional website — CC Rurales de l’Entre-deux-Mers
• The Département strengthens solidarity in South Gironde — Département de la Gironde
• Press kit — 250,000th fibre optic connection point — Département de la Gironde / France Très Haut Débit