SkillWorks Training Funding for Merseyside SMEs

If you have a business with less than 250 employees and are located within the Merseyside area you may be able to access funding for up to 60% towards the overall training costs.

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Merseyside SME Training Funding

If you are located within the following areas you may be able to access funding for training:

Liverpool

L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L11, L12, L13, L14, L15, L16, L17, L18, L19, L24, L25, L27

Knowsley

L10, L26, L28, L32, L33, L34, L35, L36

Sefton

L20, L21, L22, L23, L29, L30, L31, L37, L38, PR8, PR9

Wirral

CH41, CH42, CH43, CH44, CH45, CH46, CH47, CH48, CH49, CH60, CH61, CH62, CH63

St Helens

WA9 1, WA9 2, WA9 3, WA9 4, WA9 5, WA10 1, WA10 2, WA10 3, WA10 4, WA10 5, WA10 6, WA11 0, WA11 7, WA11 8, WA11 9, WA11 10, WA12 0, WA12 8, WA12 9, WN4 0, WN5 7, L34 (part), L35 (part)

These postcodes are merely a guide, your geographical eligibility will be checked by providers.

An SME is defined as a "small or medium-sized enterprise" and is any entity engaged in economic activity, irrespective of its legal form - including self-employed people, family businesses, partnerships and associations provided that it:

1. Employs fewer than 250 people.
2. Has a turnover of less than 50 million euros (about £35m) per annum or net balance sheet assets of less than 43 million euros (about £30m).
3. Is an enterprise with less than 25 % of the capital or voting rights owned by another enterprise (or enterprises) which is not itself a SME. This threshold may be exceeded if the capital is held by public investment corporations, venture capitalist or institutional investors. An enterprise with 25 % or more of its capital or voting rights controlled by a public body is not a SME.

You may still be ranked as autonomous even if the 25% threshold is reached or exceeded by any of the following investors:

• Public investment corporations, venture capital companies and business angels.
• Universities and non-profit research centres.
• Institutional investors, including regional development funds.
• Autonomous local authorities with an annual budget of less than 10 million euros and fewer than 5,000 inhabitants.