{"id":2544,"date":"2015-02-18T13:16:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T13:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/?p=2544"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T16:25:00","slug":"30m-growth-vouchers-for-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/30m-growth-vouchers-for-small-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a330m Growth Vouchers for small businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-445188a952fb265869ea404d0e52fad7 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1><b>SMEs urged to claim \u00a32,000 Growth Vouchers<\/b><\/h1>\n<p>The \u00a330m Growth Vouchers scheme is part of a government experiment to find out the impact of advice on small business growth. It was set up last January and is reaching the end of its run on 31st March 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Growth Vouchers are worth up to \u00a32,000 and must be match-funded by the small business. Only businesses that have fewer than 250 employees and a turnover less than \u00a350m can apply. New national cross-media design studio franchise, Nettl.com has become an official partner of the scheme and is now listed on the small business network Enterprise Nation platform, Marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.enterprisenation.com\/advisers\/9877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/marketplace.enterprisenation.com\/advisers\/9877<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5ku7gg-5bde3a2cd0596cbcbe971579f3c9bd3f\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-5ku7gg-5bde3a2cd0596cbcbe971579f3c9bd3f{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-5ku7gg-5bde3a2cd0596cbcbe971579f3c9bd3f hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3j6128-ac814554b37a0d38c8ac301ead2a0719\">\n.avia-image-container.av-3j6128-ac814554b37a0d38c8ac301ead2a0719 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-3j6128-ac814554b37a0d38c8ac301ead2a0719 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-3j6128-ac814554b37a0d38c8ac301ead2a0719 av-styling- avia-align-left  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-2553 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2553 avia_image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/Peter-Gunning.jpg.webp\" alt=\"-\" title=\"Peter Gunning\" height=\"290\" width=\"620\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/Peter-Gunning.jpg.webp 620w, https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/Peter-Gunning-300x140.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2015\/02\/Peter-Gunning-450x210.jpg.webp 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" data-smush-webp-fallback=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nettl.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/Peter-Gunning.jpg&quot;,&quot;srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nettl.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/Peter-Gunning.jpg 620w, https:\\\/\\\/www.nettl.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/Peter-Gunning-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.nettl.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/Peter-Gunning-450x210.jpg 450w&quot;}\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2usr9s-6fea5963dd6151a7135ccb319be596ed\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2usr9s-6fea5963dd6151a7135ccb319be596ed{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2usr9s-6fea5963dd6151a7135ccb319be596ed hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kizpiaf7-0fbf0beb66e3803d9b26185bcf5a398c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Peter Gunning, Chief Technology Officer at Nettl.com says, \u201cIt\u2019s an exciting initiative and it\u2019s fantastic that the Government is offering this to the small business community to help accelerate their growth. We are just concerned that quite a lot of businesses are still not aware of its existence. Qualifying businesses can redeem their vouchers with us here at Nettl on IT, digital and web consultation \u2013\u00a0but they need to be quick as the scheme is ending next month.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>For more details, contact your local\u00a0studio in <a title=\"Clerkenwell\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/clerkenwell\/\">London<\/a>, <a title=\"Birmingham\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/birmingham\/\">Birmingham<\/a>, <a title=\"Gloucester\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/gloucester\/\">Gloucester<\/a> and <a title=\"Trafford Park\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/trafford-park\/\">Manchester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><b>How to claim<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The government Growth Vouchers programme helps businesses get strategic business advice on making the most of digital technology, like ecommerce.<\/p>\n<p>Some businesses will be randomly chosen to get a voucher of up to \u00a32,000.<\/p>\n<p>The voucher can pay for up to half of the cost of the advice from an accredited supplier, like Nettl. You or the supplier will claim this money back, depending on your agreement.<\/p>\n<p><b>Eligibility<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Your business must:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 have 249 employees or fewer (including any employees of companies that own a stake in your business)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 be registered in England<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 actively sell goods or services<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 be independent (ie no more than 25% is owned by other businesses or organisations)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 have a turnover of less than \u20ac50 million<\/p>\n<h3>To apply go to\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #97c700;\"><a style=\"color: #97c700; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/apply-growth-vouchers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.gov.uk\/apply-growth-vouchers<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-business-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nettl.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}