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Mid Ulster Rural Development Partnership is responsible for delivering LEADER funding throughout Mid Ulster District Council under the 2014 – 2020 NI Rural Development Programme.

Are you a rural business owner? Is your business investment ready? If so then you could be eligible to apply for funding to the Rural Business Investment Scheme.

The Partnership will seek applications under the Rural Business Investment Scheme from business operating within three themes on a phased basis during 2016/17 in the following order:

• Rural Growth – new or existing business operating in the manufacturing and engineering sectors;
• Rural Innovation – new or existing businesses involved in IT, creative industries, rural tourism and rural service enterprises; and
• Rural Youth - with a focus on new or existing businesses owners aged 18-30

All businesses applying must attend a mandatory pre application funding workshop to be eligible to make an application. Mid Ulster RDP logo

For this initial phase, the Partnership is seeking applications from the Rural Growth priority targeting the manufacturing and engineering sectors - businesses from this sector interested in making an application must therefore attend one of the mandatory workshops listed below.

Date	Location	Time
Tuesday 1 March	The Marina Centre, Ballyronan	6.30pm
Wednesday 2 March	Corn Mill, Coalisland	6.30pm
Friday 4 March	Mid Ulster District Council Offices, Magherafelt	9.30am
Monday 7 March	Kilcronaghan Activity Centre, Tobermore	6.30pm
Wednesday 9 March	Corick House, Clogher	6.30pm
Friday 11 March	Mid Ulster District Council Offices, Dungannon	9.30am
Monday 14 March	Cookstown Leisure Centre	9.30am
Monday 14 March	Rowan Tree Centre, Pomeroy	6.30pm

 

Businesses falling under the Rural Innovation and Rural Youth themes are still welcome to attend one of these workshops to register in preparation for future calls however further workshops will be organised specific to these themes at a later date.

PLEASE NOTE: The individual(s) attending the workshop must be either the business owner or a director.

Within the above themes, new or existing rurally based micro / small businesses and social economy enterprises involved in non-agricultural / non agri-food related activities may be eligible to apply. Job creation and export potential are key objectives of the Rural Business Investment Scheme.

If you would like to discuss anu aspect in more detail, our Business Advisory Team are happy to help. Please contact us with any questions you may have.

To book a place on one of the workshops, or for more information on the Rural Business Investment Scheme, contact: Susan McQueen on 028 8676 4714 or email rdp@midulstercouncil.org

Please Note: Attendance at the funding workshop does not constitute an offer of funding. The application process will be competitive and not every application will be funded.