SSP GRANT APPLICATION FORM · Web viewApplicant SME must be actively trading for at least 6 months and be located within More Developed Area of Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local

SUPPLIER SKILLS PROGRAMME GRANT APPLICATION FORM

The Supplier Skills Programme (SSP) provides training grants for SME supply chain companies with an aim to grow their employee skill levels and thereby significantly transforming business expertise, capability and capacity, embedding tools to improve workforce performance and business competitiveness. Applicant SME must be actively trading for at least 6 months and be located within More Developed Area of Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP). Eligible SME can apply for grant award of between £500 to £18,000.

This application form must be completed by a person legally responsible for the business identified as the ‘Applicant’ in Section 1 of the form.

WHEN COMPLETING THE FORM

a) Please refer to “The Programme Criteria, Grant Application Guidance Notes and Processes” for guidance and assistance as indicated throughout the application form.

b) All light grey shaded fields must be completed. Incomplete forms will be rejected. The Application Form must not be altered, converted or saved as a different version of Microsoft Word. Illustrations and graphics cannot be included in the Application Form.

c) Your signed application and all supporting documentation requested in Section 11 should be submitted in electronic format only to [email protected]. Scanned copies of documentation are acceptable.

d) When submitting your application, only include supporting documentation which has been requested in Section 11.

You are not eligible for SSP grant if your business:a) Has not been trading for a minimum of 6 months orb) Does not come under the European definition of an SME or c) Is not based within GBSLEP more developed Area (i.e. paying Rates to a Council within Birmingham,

Solihull, Redditch, Bromsgrove and Wyre Forest).

Please note that beneficiaries of the programm must:1. BE LEGALLY ABLE TO TAKE UP PAID EMPLOYMENT, in UK and EU Member State for the duration of the

project. (Note: ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO WORK are not eligible for support on this project).

2. BE AGED 18+

3. Be employed by an SME located within More Developed are of GBSLEP

Summary of funding request for SSPOfficial Use only: Business Name:

Total project cost 0£0 Grant request £0.00 Participants Trained

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PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

NOTE: To add text please click left side of each cell where written response is required (grey), otherwise select from dropdown list. Cells in white are locked and will be filled in automatically.

1. Business Details

Business Name VAT Number

Company Registration Number

Date company began trading

Number of full-time staff Number of part-time staff

Business Sector Select the most suitable from the list only:

Project DetailTotal Participants to be trained

Match funding in place Select from list only:

Total project cost 0£0 Grant request £0.00Project start date (dd/mm/yyyy)

Project end date (dd/mm/yyyy)

Please state anticipated start and end date of the project (Refer to Guidance Notes)

Applicant contact details

First Name Last name Position Select from list only:Trading Address

RegisteredAddress

Postcode Postcode Email Web address Tel: Office Mobile

Which Authority do you pay your business rates to: Select from list only

i. Are you related to, or do you have a relationship with, any officers working for the programme funders, the Department of Communities & Local Government?

Please Select

ii. Are you related to, or do you have a relationship with, any officers working for the LEP areas involved in the delivery of this programme?

Please Select

iii. Are you related to, or do you have a relationship with, any officers and members working for Birmingham City Council?

Please Select

iv. Has the applicant business named above ever been issued with or been subject to administration, liquidation or bankruptcy proceedings?

Please Select

v. Have any Partners or Directors of the business ever had any County Court Judgments served against them?

Please Select

vi. Have any Partners or Directors of the business ever been adjudged bankrupt or been a Partner, Proprietor or Director of a company which has gone into liquidation or receivership?

Please Select

vii. Have you applied for or received funding from any previous Birmingham City Council business programmes?

Please Select


i. Are you related to, or do you have a relationship with, any officers working for the programme funders, the Department of Communities & Local Government?

Please Select

viii. Have you had any grant application withdrawn or declined in the past three years? Please Select

ix. Have you used a paid consultant or a third party to complete this application form? Please Select

If the answer is "Yes" to any of questions i.-ix. above, please provide full details in the box below. If you have used a paid consultant or third party to complete this form, please provide details including name, contact details and their role relating to this project.

Please note answering ‘Yes’ to any of these questions will not necessarily mean your application will be declined.

2. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (Refer to the Guidance Notes)

BUSINESS OWNERSHIP

i. Does your business have an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million? Please Select

ii. Does your business have an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million? Please Select

iii. Does your business employ fewer than 250 persons? Please Select

iv. Is your business owned by another company or combination of companies? Please Select

v. If the answer to iv. is Yes, does the other company or combination of companies own more than 25% of your business? Please Select

3. BUSINESS BACKGROUND

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i) Provide a brief history of the business since it started and the work you undertake (maximum 250 words).

4. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL

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i) Summarise your proposed Skills plan.

ii) What training do you propose to undertake?

iii) Why do you need grant funding to deliver this training?

iv) What impact will this training have on the growth of your business? (For instance, increase Skill levels, employment growth, increased turnover, profit, new products and market opportunities and potential new contracts.)

v) Who within your business will be responsible for the management and delivery of the project and what is their position in the business?


Name Position


5. PROJECT COSTSi) Provide a detailed breakdown of training costs (refer to the Guidance Notes): The grant is part funded by ESF. Your project costs must be for a minimum of £1k to qualify

for a grant payment of £500 (@ 50% intervention). The maximum grant payable on SSP projects is £18k. The level of grant awarded will be 50% of eligible costs. VAT is not claimable on grants. Please add an additional sheet if you require more courses.

Training Type Awarding Body

(e.g. ACCA)

Training Course Title

Level (Basic-7)

Training cost

(exc VAT)

Training provider Name

Reason for selection

Comparative quote 1

Provider name

Comparative quote 2

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Total Project Costs

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Grant Requestii) Complete the following table for the amount of grant requested.

Amount of grant requested (50% of project costs, maximum £18,000) £0.00

Total training costs 0£0

Match funding total £0.00

iii) Confirm the source of match funding (ie owner's investment, company funds, bank loan etc.). (Refer to the Guidance Notes)

Match funding source Amount Is funding secured? If no, when is it expected to be secured?

£0.00 Please Select



6. STATE AID ASSISTANCE (Refer to the Guidance Notes)

Month and year Aid

was granted

Value of the Aid

From which body or under which

scheme?

What activity or item was the Aid given for?

Was it under a notified scheme (de minimis) or

block exemption? £0 Select from list only: £0 Select from list only: £0 Select from list only: £0 Select from list only:

Total £0

7. DECLARATIONI declare that the information I have provided in this application and all the enclosures is true and accurate. I understand that any financial assistance provided will be repayable on demand or future payments not made if any information provided is found to be inaccurate and/or fraudulent.

I certify that this is a true copy of the original document

I declare that the amount of aid received from public sources in this financial year and the two previous financial years have been included in this application and in the table above.

I declare that the business meets the European definition of an SME for the purpose of this application.

I confirm, the following representations: The financial statements are free of material misstatements, including omissions.The (applicant) business is a going concern (not undertakings in difficulty). There are no foreseeable events that I am aware of that would jeopardise going concern.

IMPORTANT PLEASE SEE ANNEX 1 BELOW FOR GUIDE TO SIGN THIS FORM IF REQUIREDPlease ensure the form is fully complete and checked before signing. Once signed please close the document without further saving


Signature (Chief Executive/ Owner/Director ONLY):

Date:(DD/MM/YYYY)

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Print name: Click here to enter text Position: Click here to enter text

8. STRATEGIC PARTNER

This project is being delivered in partnership within the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Area. Please indicate which partner has assisted you.

Creative Alliance Make UK (formerly known as EEF)

SMMT Industry Forum Skills Training UK

Kaplan Birmingham Adult Education Service

Midland Group Training Services Limited Open Study College

Other Training Partner

9. GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATIONS (GDPR) OVERVIEWAs a local authority Birmingham City Council collects, holds and processes a considerable amount of information, including personal data about you, the citizens of Birmingham and other website visitors. This allows us to provide our services more effectively.

We understand that your personal data is important to you, and we have a responsibility to you regarding the information we hold about you, to ensure that the information we collect and use is done so proportionately, correctly and safely.

Being transparent with you and providing accessible information about how we use your information demonstrates our commitment to the GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679).

We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and for further information of our privacy notice, visit www.birmingham.gov.uk/privacy.

10. MARKETING

Please tell us where you heard about the SSP by ticking the appropriate box below:

Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP/Growth Hub websiteBirmingham City Council websiteLocal authority website (state which authority below)Click to enter textElectronic newsletterEmailer/mailshotEvent attendance (If possible, state which event below)Click to enter textLinkedIn/Twitter or other social mediaNetworking/Word of MouthPress articleOther (state) Click to enter text


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11. CHECKLISTClick in each box below to indicate all required forms where applicable are fully completed. All forms must be submitted with your application.

1. Microsoft Word version and scanned complete application form

2. Beneficiary Forms for all the outputs listed in the first table in Section 6

3. Most recent end of year full accounts (micro/abbreviated accounts are not acceptable)

4. Where the applicant is part of a group, consolidated group accounts

5. Management accounts up to present day for the period not detailed in the accounts provided (only if most recent account are more than 6 months old)

6. Evidence of match funding

7. 3 quotes for each item of expenditure over £1,000 (if applicable)

8. Copy of a current, up to date business bank statement showing bank name, business name and address, account name, account number and sort code

SUBMISSION OF YOUR APPLICATION (Refer to the Guidance Notes)

Please submit your signed application and all supporting documentation requested in Section 11 to Birmingham City Council in electronic format only to [email protected]. (to access link select CTR + left Click)


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ANNEX 1

GUIDE TO ELECTRONICALLY SIGNING THIS FORM:

As a temporary arrangement whilst the COVID-19 Government advice is in place, the ESF Managing Authority is putting in place contingency arrangements for the completion and processing of signatures on ESF funded programme related forms.

The instructions below set out the actions you need to take under these contingency arrangements to complete the signing of the SME Grant Application Form.

For the purposes of this contingency process, an electronic signature is defined as: · Electronic copy of an actual handwritten signature. Typewritten signatures will not be acceptable.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please ensure the form is fully completed and checked before you sign it. Any changes applied after signature is inserted will remove the original signature requiring the form to be sign again. If this is the case, please follow same instructions again. Once the form is signed please close the document WITHOUT SAVING IT as saving file may nullify the signature (the form will autosave when signature is inserted)

There are 2 options for you to sign the form.

OPTION 1Please follow instructions below and complete the signing requirements.

OPTION 2Please print the electronically completed form with details required and personally sign it. Once signed please scan and save as PDF. You are required to return the signed PDF along with the unsigned Word version above.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please get in touch with SSP team to discuss other options if you are unable to sign the forms through Option 1 or 2 above

Please follow instruction on page below in order to complete the singing this form. Again please contact SSP team if you have any issues in completing the singing process.

STEP 1Save a copy of your actual handwritten signature as "an Image" or a "JPEG" file i.e. a photo file. For example, a photo of your signature taken on your mobile. Please ensure image is large enough to cover at least half a page for the signature to show on the form.

STEP 2

Open SME Grant Application Form (this document). Once opened please select the cell where signature is required. You will see a strap line appear at the top of the form with "View Signature" (visible on this screen). Please click it and you will be taken through the process of sign the form as required. Please ensure form is fully complete and checked before you follow the signing process.

STEP 3Click "View Signature" and a box will open up on the

STEP 4Once you click "Sign" as in step 3, you will see the following image


STEP 1Save a copy of your actual handwritten signature as "an Image" or a "JPEG" file i.e. a photo file. For example, a photo of your signature taken on your mobile. Please ensure image is large enough to cover at least half a page for the signature to show on the form.

STEP 2

Open SME Grant Application Form (this document). Once opened please select the cell where signature is required. You will see a strap line appear at the top of the form with "View Signature" (visible on this screen). Please click it and you will be taken through the process of sign the form as required. Please ensure form is fully complete and checked before you follow the signing process.

right-hand side of the screen titled "Requested Signature" (Image below).

appear asking to select signature that you wish to add to the file.

Please click "select image"

STEP 5The next screen will appear asking to locate the signature file. Click "Browse" and locate you signature file.

STEP 6Select image file containing your signature

STEP 7Double click the signature file and an image of your signature will appear in the signing box as showed below:

You may see a warning sign appear as shown below. Please click "Yes" as final step

FINAL STEPYour signature will now appear in the relevant box in the form. Please save the document for the next person to complete their signature if required

IMPORTANT: CLOSE DOCUMENT WITH OUT SAVING AFTER SINGATURE PROCESSS IS COMPLETE.


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