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Made Smarter South West of England

Support and potential grants to help manufacturing SMEs adopt Industrial Digital Technologies (IDT) to enable their development and growth.

From:
Department for Business and Trade
Published
5 August 2022
Type of support:
Finance, Grant and Expertise and advice
Business stage:
Start-ups (1-2 years trading) and Established
Industry:
Manufacturing
Number of employees:
0 to 9 employees and 10 to 249 employees
Region:
South West

How much you can get

Up to £20,000, 50% match funded.

Who it’s for

Profit-making manufacturing SMEs based in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Devon and Torbay, Dorset, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Plymouth, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, and Swindon and Wiltshire.

What you can get

Eligible businesses will be offered a one-to-one Digital Acceleration session with sector experts to establish a bespoke support package.

Support packages might include:

  • grant funding to implement IDT hardware or software
  • digital leadership training to upskill staff to deliver a digital technology strategy
  • student internships

The support package offered is determined through a bespoke Digital Roadmap created for the SME as part of their one-to-one session.

Organiser

West of England Combined Authority delivered in partnership with the University of the West of England and the National Composites Centre.

Updates to this page

Published 5 August 2022
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