Aid for small and medium-sized businesses
Key points: Aid for small and medium-sized businesses. Purpose: Encourage businesses to invest in new equipment and/or fit-out directly useful for adapting and/or diversifying their activity, and complement regional and State aid where applicable. The parameters below come from the catalogue and should be checked with the funder.
Aid for small and medium-sized businesses: encourage businesses to invest in new equipment and/or fit-out directly useful for adapting and/or diversifying their activity, and complement regional and State aid where applicable. This page summarises the information available in the Capital OS catalogue. Territorial scope indicated: local aid. The criteria, scale and opening should be confirmed in the official source before any commitment.
Funded by CC du Pays Dunois
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Who can apply
Beneficiaries recorded in the catalogue: businesses with their registered office in the territory of the Communauté de Communes du Pays Dunois: start-ups or takeovers; registered in the RNE; non-fixed retail or craft businesses operating in the community territory with their registered office in the Pays Dunois; auto-entrepreneurs showing a regular main activity over one year and providing proof of qualifications and professional insurance; groupings of businesses and producers; agricultural businesses; liberal professions other than those excluded below; agricultural businesses specialising in direct farm sales. Not eligible: non-fixed businesses whose registered office is not in the territory of the Communauté de Communes du Pays Dunois; businesses already receiving financial aid and/or set-up support from a municipality for local shops; liberal professions, notably pharmacies, medical and paramedical, notarial and legal professions, property development companies, banking, leasing and insurance activities, brokerage, temporary employment agencies, property holding companies (SCI); businesses with annual turnover above €5 million excluding VAT; businesses with more than 50 employees; businesses that have begun closing down or transferring their activity; businesses not up to date with their social security and tax declarations and payments at the date of application; businesses in receivership or liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy or safeguard proceedings.
Eligibility conditions
Conditions recorded in the catalogue: the business must undertake to keep the activity going for 3 years.
What the scheme covers
Operations mentioned in the catalogue: eligible projects: small investment by craftspeople and shopkeepers; set-up aid (start-up/takeover/development): top-up of Creuse Initiative honour loans; property aid: purchase of land (subject to a building permit for a building linked to the economic activity, to be built within 2 years), construction or extension of buildings and fit-out works on premises. Eligible expenditure: operations aimed at adapting and/or diversifying the activity to meet the structure’s needs for growth, profitability and efficiency — intangible investment linked to digital transformation (software, website creation, IT equipment, etc.); productive equipment investment and fit-out costs for premises directly linked to the activity (e.g. shelving, shop-window fit-out, signs, furniture, etc.); purchase of used equipment on presentation of the original invoice; property: purchase of land conditional on constructing a building, construction or extension of buildings and fit-out works on premises. Not eligible: fit-out and construction that do not meet planning permission requirements, and those relating to staff facilities; simple replacement of obsolete or depreciated equipment; fit-out of the main residence or tourist accommodation; incubator workshops (ateliers-relais) for business property aid.
Amount and funding terms
Amount recorded in the catalogue: small investment by craftspeople and shopkeepers: a grant on investment of €10,000 excluding VAT or less, with minimum expenditure of €3,000 excluding VAT, on a sliding scale — 50% up to €5,000 excluding VAT and 30% from €5,001 to €10,000 excluding VAT. Set-up aid: the Communauté de communes du Pays Dunois provides €1 of honour loan from its own funds for every €1 provided by the Creuse Initiative association (loan granted to the project owner as an individual, over 5 years), with an annual envelope of €50,000, open to all sectors; Creuse Initiative reviews the application and submits it to the Communauté de communes for its opinion. Business property aid: a grant of 10% of eligible expenditure, capped at €50,000, for minimum eligible expenditure of €500,000 excluding VAT. The aid may be awarded to a business only once every 3 years.
How to apply
Before any order, signature or start of works, check the prior application rule with the funder. Prepare the official form, a project description, the financing plan, quotes and the supporting documents requested. This list is indicative: only the official list is authoritative.
Timeline
No end date is recorded in the catalogue. The timetable should be confirmed with the funder, who can say whether the scheme is still accepting applications.
Key facts
- Funder
- CC du Pays Dunois
- Type of funding
- Grant
- Status
- Ongoing
- Maximum amount
- €50,000
- Automatically extracted — check the official source
- Funding rate
- 50%
- Automatically extracted — check the official source
- Geographic scope
- Not specified
Frequently asked questions
Who is this aid for?
Businesses with their registered office in the territory of the Communauté de Communes du Pays Dunois: start-ups or takeovers; registered in the RNE; non-fixed retail or craft businesses operating in the community territory with their registered office in the Pays Dunois; auto-entrepreneurs showing a regular main activity over one year and providing proof of qualifications and professional insurance; groupings of businesses and producers; agricultural businesses; liberal professions other than those excluded below; agricultural businesses specialising in direct farm sales. Not eligible: non-fixed businesses whose registered office is not in the territory of the Communauté de Communes du Pays Dunois; businesses already receiving financial aid and/or set-up support from a municipality for local shops; liberal professions, notably pharmacies, medical and paramedical, notarial and legal professions, property development companies, banking, leasing and insurance activities, brokerage, temporary employment agencies, property holding companies (SCI); businesses with annual turnover above €5 million excluding VAT; businesses with more than 50 employees; businesses that have begun closing down or transferring their activity; businesses not up to date with their social security and tax declarations and payments at the date of application; businesses in receivership or liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy or safeguard proceedings.
What is the amount of the aid?
Small investment by craftspeople and shopkeepers: a grant on investment of €10,000 excluding VAT or less, with minimum expenditure of €3,000 excluding VAT, on a sliding scale — 50% up to €5,000 excluding VAT and 30% from €5,001 to €10,000 excluding VAT. Set-up aid: the Communauté de communes du Pays Dunois provides €1 of honour loan from its own funds for every €1 provided by the Creuse Initiative association (loan granted to the project owner as an individual, over 5 years), with an annual envelope of €50,000, open to all sectors; Creuse Initiative reviews the application and submits it to the Communauté de communes for its opinion. Business property aid: a grant of 10% of eligible expenditure, capped at €50,000, for minimum eligible expenditure of €500,000 excluding VAT. The aid may be awarded to a business only once every 3 years.
What expenditure can be funded?
Eligible projects: small investment by craftspeople and shopkeepers; set-up aid (start-up/takeover/development): top-up of Creuse Initiative honour loans; property aid: purchase of land (subject to a building permit for a building linked to the economic activity, to be built within 2 years), construction or extension of buildings and fit-out works on premises. Eligible expenditure: operations aimed at adapting and/or diversifying the activity to meet the structure’s needs for growth, profitability and efficiency — intangible investment linked to digital transformation (software, website creation, IT equipment, etc.); productive equipment investment and fit-out costs for premises directly linked to the activity (e.g. shelving, shop-window fit-out, signs, furniture, etc.); purchase of used equipment on presentation of the original invoice; property: purchase of land conditional on constructing a building, construction or extension of buildings and fit-out works on premises. Not eligible: fit-out and construction that do not meet planning permission requirements, and those relating to staff facilities; simple replacement of obsolete or depreciated equipment; fit-out of the main residence or tourist accommodation; incubator workshops (ateliers-relais) for business property aid.
When should the application be submitted?
Check the official timetable and the application rule before committing expenditure. Whether the scheme is currently open is not confirmed here.
Has this information been confirmed?
No. The official source, conditions, scale and timetable still need to be checked with the funder.
Official source
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