Financing setting up or renovating your shop in a village centre
The Terres du Lauragais aid for village-centre shops targets local sales outlets meeting the listed criteria on legal form, headcount and turnover. It may concern acquiring premises, setting-up or renovation works, shop windows, accessibility and energy performance. The catalogue indicates a maximum rate of 15%, a cap of €8,000 and an expenditure floor of €20,000 excluding VAT. It also mentions creating a salaried full-time permanent job, maintaining the activity for five years and non-combination with other inter-municipal aid. The parameters should be confirmed in the current rules.
Renovating a village-centre shop can improve customer reception, make the sales outlet accessible and reduce energy consumption, while making the shopping street more attractive. In the Terres du Lauragais, the scheme listed targets certain property investment by local shops. The catalogue indicates a grant of up to 15% of eligible expenditure, capped at €8,000, from a project of €20,000 excluding VAT and with a commitment to create a salaried job. It is announced as not combinable with the communauté de communes’ other schemes.
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Who can apply
Territory: Communauté de communes des Terres du Lauragais. Profiles mentioned in the catalogue: local shops with a shop window and a sales outlet, in company form, with fewer than 10 employees and annual turnover in year N-1 below €1,000,000 excluding VAT. Social and solidarity economy businesses and/or organisations are also eligible if they hold ESUS, integration enterprise or adapted enterprise approval and their income statement shows at least 50% of revenue from selling goods or services. Not eligible: auxiliary establishments, such as warehouses or offices of retail businesses, without their own turnover; liberal professions. To check before applying: legal status, business size and consolidated headcount, activity carried out, site address, tax and social security situation, any difficulty and the applicable EU aid regime. Do not assume that every business located in the area is eligible.
Eligibility conditions
Conditions listed: the beneficiary business must undertake to create salaried full-time permanent employment; have its activity based in the territory of the CC Terres du Lauragais; be up to date with its social security contributions and tax charges; provide a private agreement (business takeover), a title deed for the building (owner-operator) or a commercial lease; not have started the works for which it is requesting aid from the CC Terres du Lauragais (quotes and purchase orders not signed, so works not started); and undertake to maintain the activity on site for at least 5 years. The eligible expenditure floor is €20,000 excluding VAT. Amount and parameters: the catalogue describes a grant of up to 15% of eligible expenditure, capped at €8,000, with an expenditure floor of €20,000 excluding VAT, a commitment to create a salaried full-time permanent job and maintain the activity for five years. The scheme is said not to be combinable with the communauté’s other aid; confirm the current rules. Ask the reviewing department to confirm in writing the expenditure floor, rate and cap, exclusions, combination rules (including de minimis), any waiting period and the expected maintenance of activity or jobs. Any value missing from the catalogue remains to be confirmed and is not estimated here.
What the scheme covers
The items listed include acquiring premises or land, setting-up, extension or renovation works on the sales outlet, shop windows and façades, interior fit-out, accessibility works and certain energy renovation works. The catalogue also mentions investment linked to waste management. Check that each item is included in the eligible base, that it is not already funded by another operation and that the €20,000 excluding VAT threshold is reached.
Amount and funding terms
A grant of up to 15% of eligible expenditure, up to €8,000. This scheme cannot be combined with the other schemes run by the Communauté de Communes des Terres du Lauragais.
How to apply
1. Check that the shop has a sales outlet open to the public and meets the criteria on status, headcount and turnover. 2. Draw up a detailed budget excluding VAT and check the €20,000 threshold. 3. Have the commitment to create a full-time permanent job, maintain the activity for five years and the exclusions confirmed. 4. Ask for confirmation of the maximum rate of 15%, the €8,000 cap and the non-combination rule. 5. Submit the application before any commitment if the rules require it, with the quotes and supporting documents requested.
Timeline
The catalogue entry does not confirm that the scheme is currently open or that funds are available. The Terres du Lauragais rules should be checked before treating the aid as available, particularly the rule that works must not have started.
Key facts
- Funder
- CC Terres du Lauragais
- Type of funding
- Grant
- Status
- Ongoing
- Maximum amount
- €8,000
- Automatically extracted — check the official source
- Funding rate
- 15%
- Automatically extracted — check the official source
- Geographic scope
- Not specified
Frequently asked questions
Who can apply for the aid in the Communauté de communes des Terres du Lauragais?
The catalogue cites the following profiles: local shops with a shop window and a sales outlet, in company form, with fewer than 10 employees and annual turnover in year N-1 below €1,000,000 excluding VAT. Social and solidarity economy organisations holding ESUS, integration enterprise or adapted enterprise approval are also eligible under conditions. Validation also depends on the site, the activity, the size of the business and the rules in force.
What amount can be obtained?
The available data indicate: a grant of up to 15% of eligible expenditure, up to €8,000. This scheme cannot be combined with the other schemes run by the Communauté de Communes des Terres du Lauragais. No official URL in the catalogue; the current rules need to be obtained. Do not rely on a rate or cap that has not been confirmed by the funder.
Can the quote be signed before applying?
Do not assume so. Ask for written confirmation of the compulsory application date and wait for the funder’s instructions before signing or starting.
Which expenditure should be prepared?
The operations listed are: expenditure linked to businesses’ property investment concerning: acquisition of premises or land; setting-up, extension or renovation works on the sales outlet (structural works, terrace, parking, building extensions, etc.); creation or improvement of shop windows (windows, façades, interior fit-out), excluding works already funded under other operations. Have each quote line and the exclusions validated before applying.
Official source
No official URL is available in our data for this grant.
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