Business creation and development aid
This aid aims to support business creation and development in the Mad & Moselle territory. The catalogue indicates: A general aid rate of 25% of eligible expenditure, with bonuses for setting up in community business parks, job creation, mobile activities and sustainable development (each capped at €1,500 or a percentage of eligible expenditure). The amount, eligible expenditure and whether an application can be submitted should be confirmed in the official documents in force.
“Business creation and development aid” can support modernisation, security, capacity or productivity investment by a business in the Mad & Moselle territory. The scheme concerns CC Mad & Moselle. Before committing expenditure, check the applicable criteria, the supporting documents required and the status of the scheme with the funder.
Funded by CC Mad & Moselle
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Who can apply
Micro-businesses and SMEs in industry, retail, crafts, services or tourism; located, or planning to locate (registered office and places of activity), in the territory of the CC Mad & Moselle; registered in the trade register and/or the trades register; with annual turnover below €1,000,000 excluding VAT; with more than 50% private customers; up to date with their social security and tax contributions; with identifiable business premises separate from the home. Also eligible: businesses under the micro-enterprise tax regime; businesses being created or newly created; tourism and leisure businesses; social and solidarity economy organisations; farms, only for complementary activities linked to tourist accommodation, farm catering or leisure; municipalities managing commercial tourism facilities (such as municipal campsites). Not eligible: construction craft businesses; non-professional tourist accommodation providers without legal status; liberal professions, pharmacies, banks, insurance; farms outside complementary tourism and leisure activities; social and solidarity economy organisations without market activities (cultural associations, works councils), as well as mutual societies, foundations, business and employment cooperatives, etc.; franchise businesses with annual turnover above €300,000 excluding VAT; businesses that have received financial aid from the Communauté de Communes Mad & Moselle less than a year after the date the funds were paid.
Eligibility conditions
Eligible expenditure must be between €5,000 and €15,000 excluding VAT. The catalogue mentions a basic rate of 25% and possible bonuses; how they combine and the caps should be checked in the current rules. The official rules in force prevail over the catalogue.
What the scheme covers
The operations mentioned in the catalogue are: for sedentary businesses: investment expenditure on modernisation and security — compulsory investment such as applying health standards (excluding buildings); capacity investment to serve more customers in the catchment area, provided the market is poorly or insufficiently covered; productivity investment to increase the business’s profitability and efficiency, notably renewing production tools and any professional equipment directly linked to the business’s activity (baker’s oven, food delivery vehicles, machine tools, IT equipment, business software, etc.); diversification investment enabling the business to enter a new market segment alongside its main activity; marketing and visibility investment, such as exterior shop window equipment (joinery, painting, blinds, canopies, etc.), signs and the shopfront visible from the public road (including mechanical and/or electronic protection systems for the sales outlet: anti-intrusion only, in-store remote monitoring and video surveillance, intrusion detection). For tourism and leisure businesses: investment and operating expenditure on all works to adapt to climate change and secure outdoor sites directly linked to the business’s operation (e.g. wooded outdoor areas used for the activity, bikes for customer loan, equipment for maintaining customers’ bikes). For mobile businesses: expenditure on professional equipment directly linked to the mobile activity — food delivery vehicles, refrigerated display cases, tools and equipment for the eligible activity; where the non-sedentary business has premises for preparing the products it sells, modernisation, security or accessibility works in those premises. Not eligible: creation or maintenance of roads and utilities (yards, car parks and fences) and buildings; handling equipment; consumables and small tools; services ancillary to the equipment (training, fees, transport, commissioning, etc.); leasing and equipment rental; purchase of land and goodwill/lease premium; materials for self-build works. Check the detailed list of eligible expenditure, exclusions and the start date of eligibility before any commitment.
Amount and funding terms
General aid rate: a grant of 25% of eligible expenditure. Bonuses: setting up in community business parks — if the business sets up in one of the CC Mad & Moselle business parks, the initial grant will be increased by an additional flat amount of 10% of the capped eligible investment (maximum €1,500); job creation boost — for a job created 6 months before or after committing the investment, a bonus of 10% of eligible expenditure for creating a full-time permanent salaried job, or 5% for creating a full-time fixed-term contract of at least one year (contracts renewing an existing fixed-term contract in the business for a similar post are not eligible); maintaining and developing a mobile activity — additional support of 10% of eligible expenditure (capped at €1,500) for eligible businesses wishing to develop or strengthen a mobile service alongside a sedentary activity (production or sales site), granted only to businesses whose application includes investment in both the retail premises and the equipment for the mobile activity; sustainable development bonus — 10% of total capped eligible investment (maximum €1,500) for buying electric or hybrid vehicles for the business’s mobile activities, the first audit for a sustainable development certification and/or label, choosing a renewable heating or hot water system, installing photovoltaic and solar panels, and buying electric bikes made available free of charge to customers and installing street furniture for parking and welcoming customers arriving by bike, or any other fit-out developing cycle facilities in the village centre. The amount shown in the catalogue is not a guarantee of an award. Confirm the base, caps, combination rules and applicable regime with the funder.
How to apply
Check the eligible base excluding VAT and the announced threshold of €5,000 to €15,000 excluding VAT. Prepare the quotes, tax and social security situation, turnover and information on the premises and jobs. Keep the quotes, financing plan, proof of location and proof of expenditure. Do not treat the application as admissible until the funder has confirmed it.
Timeline
No sufficiently confirmed current closing date is available in the information checked for this page. Do not assume that the scheme is open: check the timetable with the funder before preparing the application.
Key facts
- Funder
- CC Mad & Moselle
- Type of funding
- Grant
- Status
- Ongoing
- Maximum amount
- €1,500
- Automatically extracted — check the official source
- Funding rate
- 25%
- Automatically extracted — check the official source
- Geographic scope
- Not specified
Frequently asked questions
What is the amount of “Business creation and development aid”?
General aid rate: a grant of 25% of eligible expenditure. Bonuses: setting up in community business parks — if the business sets up in one of the CC Mad & Moselle business parks, the initial grant will be increased by an additional flat amount of 10% of the capped eligible investment (maximum €1,500); job creation boost — for a job created 6 months before or after committing the investment, a bonus of 10% of eligible expenditure for creating a full-time permanent salaried job, or 5% for creating a full-time fixed-term contract of at least one year (contracts renewing an existing fixed-term contract in the business for a similar post are not eligible); maintaining and developing a mobile activity — additional support of 10% of eligible expenditure (capped at €1,500) for eligible businesses wishing to develop or strengthen a mobile service alongside a sedentary activity (production or sales site), granted only to businesses whose application includes investment in both the retail premises and the equipment for the mobile activity; sustainable development bonus — 10% of total capped eligible investment (maximum €1,500) for buying electric or hybrid vehicles for the business’s mobile activities, the first audit for a sustainable development certification and/or label, choosing a renewable heating or hot water system, installing photovoltaic and solar panels, and buying electric bikes made available free of charge to customers and installing street furniture for parking and welcoming customers arriving by bike, or any other fit-out developing cycle facilities in the village centre. The amount shown in the catalogue is not a guarantee of an award. Confirm the base, caps, combination rules and applicable regime with the funder.
Who can apply for “Business creation and development aid”?
Micro-businesses and SMEs in industry, retail, crafts, services or tourism, located or planning to locate in the CC Mad & Moselle territory, registered in the trade or trades register, with annual turnover below €1,000,000 excluding VAT, more than 50% private customers and identifiable premises separate from the home. Several other categories are eligible or excluded (see the beneficiaries section). Confirm the current eligibility criteria with the funder.
Which expenditure can be funded?
The operations mentioned in the catalogue are: for sedentary businesses: investment expenditure on modernisation and security — compulsory investment such as applying health standards (excluding buildings); capacity investment to serve more customers in the catchment area, provided the market is poorly or insufficiently covered; productivity investment to increase the business’s profitability and efficiency, notably renewing production tools and any professional equipment directly linked to the business’s activity (baker’s oven, food delivery vehicles, machine tools, IT equipment, business software, etc.); diversification investment enabling the business to enter a new market segment alongside its main activity; marketing and visibility investment, such as exterior shop window equipment (joinery, painting, blinds, canopies, etc.), signs and the shopfront visible from the public road (including mechanical and/or electronic protection systems for the sales outlet: anti-intrusion only, in-store remote monitoring and video surveillance, intrusion detection). For tourism and leisure businesses: investment and operating expenditure on all works to adapt to climate change and secure outdoor sites directly linked to the business’s operation (e.g. wooded outdoor areas used for the activity, bikes for customer loan, equipment for maintaining customers’ bikes). For mobile businesses: expenditure on professional equipment directly linked to the mobile activity — food delivery vehicles, refrigerated display cases, tools and equipment for the eligible activity; where the non-sedentary business has premises for preparing the products it sells, modernisation, security or accessibility works in those premises. Not eligible: creation or maintenance of roads and utilities (yards, car parks and fences) and buildings; handling equipment; consumables and small tools; services ancillary to the equipment (training, fees, transport, commissioning, etc.); leasing and equipment rental; purchase of land and goodwill/lease premium; materials for self-build works. Check the detailed list of eligible expenditure, exclusions and the start date of eligibility before any commitment.
How can I check whether the scheme is open?
No sufficiently confirmed current closing date is available in the information checked for this page. Do not assume that the scheme is open: check the timetable with the funder before preparing the application. Contact the funder before starting expenditure or submitting the application.
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