How much can I apply for?
The award of financial assistance is discretionary and will be dependent on the quality of the project and the outputs it delivers. An appraisal panel appointed by the council will assess applications against a range of economic criteria relevant to the application. The economic criteria considered are:
- number of jobs relocated to the borough
- total jobs
- jobs held by a Chorley borough resident
- jobs held by a non Chorley borough resident
- number of new jobs created (as an increase in the total jobs within the business)
- number of new jobs created and accessed by a Chorley borough resident
- private sector investment
- evidence of increase in local supply chain activity.
Application to, and receipt of funding from, the Choose Chorley grant does not exclude the businesses from applying to and receiving funds from other grant and loan schemes up to the relevant state aid threshold.