Call for Applications: Green Business Grant (UK)

Green Business Grants are part of the Combined Authority’s Low Carbon Business Support, funded by the West of England Green Recovery Fund. This supports the shift towards a low carbon economy and a green recovery from the impact of COVID-19.

Applications must help the business to achieve a measurable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions when compared to your current baseline emissions.

Funding Information 

• You can apply for a grant of between £500-£15,000 per business to cover up to 30%, 40% or 60% of your eligible costs. The amount of grant offered depends on your project type, shown below:
  • Low Rate (30%)
    • Cavity wall insulation
    • LED lighting
    • Lighting controls
    • Loft/false ceiling insulation
    • Pipe, flange, valve and boiler
    • room component insulation
    • Solar photovoltaic panels
    • Voltage optimisation
    • Water efficient showers and
    • taps
  • Standard Rate (40%)
    • Air compressor system
    • Air conditioning/air to air
    • heat pump
    • Biomass boiler
    • Double/Triple glazing
    • Flat roof insulation
    • Heating/cooling controls
    • Mechanical Ventilation Heat
    • Recovery
    • Radiant/infrared heating
  • Solar thermal panels
    • High Rate (60%)
    • Air to water heat pump
    • Ground to water heat pump
    • Water to water heat pump
    • Internal/external wall
    • insulation
    • Induction cooking

Eligible Activities 

• Eligible activities that can be funded by Green Business Grants include:
  • capital works to improve the energy efficiency and/or reduce the carbon emissions of buildings, such as insulation, heating, lighting and glazing
  • capital purchases to improve the energy efficiency and/or reduce the carbon emissions of business operations such as manufacturing and office equipment
  • renewable generation such as solar PV.

Eligibility Criteria 

• To be eligible, you must be:
  • a small or medium sized enterprise/charity – with fewer than 250 employees AND a turnover of equal to or less than £36 million OR a balance sheet of equal to or less than £18 million, including any partnership your organisation is a part of or any linked enterprises
  • a legal entity such as a private limited company, community interest company, community benefit society or a registered charity
  • based in the West of England Combined Authority region – located in Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol or South Gloucestershire local authority areas
  • content to be credit checked by a third-party credit reference agency.
• For your project to be eligible, it must:
  • be based on recommendations from an independent source such as a carbon survey carried out by us or a third-party independent surveyor/consultant
  • be an eligible capital project that reduces greenhouse gas emissions
  • not be required to meet another legal obligation such as a condition of planning permission
  • be procured in line with their procurement rules
  • not be started, or any contract entered into, until they give the ok-to-proceed
  • have written landlord permission, if required – please send this with your application
  • meet current Building Regulations, where relevant
  • have planning permission, if required – this can be through permitted development where allowed
  • be cash-flowed to completion by your company.

For more information, visit West of England Combined Authority.