Deadline Date: January 16, 2026
The Business Reports Grant Scheme seeks to support small and medium-sized enterprises through non-repayable grants provided as a lump sum to part-finance the procurement of business reports from external consultancy service providers.
Policy Objective 1 ‘A more competitive and smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and regional ICT connectivity’ of SFC2021 Programme 2021–2027 ‘Towards a smarter, well connected and resilient economy, a greener environment and an integrated society’, PO1: Promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms, including through business incubators, RSO1.3. Enhancing sustainable growth and competitiveness of SMEs and job creation in SMEs, including by productive investments. The scheme supports SMEs through the provision of non-repayable grants in the form of a lump sum to part-finance a business report procured from external consultancy service providers that are registered with the IB and are autonomous and unrelated to the beneficiary undertaking.
External consultancy services are procured to support the enterprise’s decision-taking process by providing either a Process and Systems Review aimed at rendering the undertaking potentially more efficient, or a Business Plan addressing proposed investment initiatives with the objective of rendering the undertaking potentially more competitive.
SMEs often have limited in-house resources and competences to conduct studies that support decision-making for investment initiatives, which creates a dependency on outsourced services. This scheme addresses this limitation by supporting costs incurred for external consultancy services contracted to deliver a Business Report in the form of either a Business Plan or a Process and Systems Review.
The grant value under this scheme is set at a lump sum of €4,000, representing an aid intensity of 80% of the eligible costs. The initial allocated budget for the scheme from 1 January 2024 is €1,350,000, contributing to a total initial allocated budget of €1,500,000 under the Business Reports for SMEs initiative. The Business Reports for SMEs scheme will remain operational until 31 December 2026, subject to the availability of funds.
Eligibility is open to Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises engaged in an economic activity, irrespective of their legal form, and subject to the exclusions listed under the scheme. Undertakings that are not vested with a legal personality acquired through the law applicable to their establishment are required to be registered under the Second Schedule of the Civil Code (Chapter 16 of the Laws of Malta).
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