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Financial Support through the UK Trade & Investment sponsored Trade Access Programme (FORMERLY SESA/IBS)

** The below information is updated to apply to events taking place from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009**

There is currently financial support available to companies that participate in some EIC managed exhibition groups taking place outside the UK.
This is through the UK Trade & Investment sponsored Trade Access Programme or TAP (formerly SESA or IBS).
For the exhibitions covered by TAP funding, the grants will be administered on a first come first served basis and are not guaranteed.

UK registered companies which meet either of the below three criteria streams will be eligible for a fixed grant of either £1,000, £1,400 or £1,800.

 

Eligibility STREAM 1

Eligibility STREAM 2

Eligibility STREAM 3

Criteria A

SME (Small & Medium Sized Enterprise )
i)  Turnover of less than 50 million Euros per year
ii)  Employs less than 250 permanent staff
iii)  Not more than 25% of capital or voting rights are owned by another non SME company

Criteria B

Must not have attended WITH a TAP Grant to any of the three previous editions of the event.

Criteria C

Must not have received more than 2 previous grants through the TAP scheme since April 2006

Criteria D

Must not receive any other contributions from public funds towards costs of exhibition participation

Criteria E

Must pay for a minimum of 4 square metres or pay the equivalent of the grant amount received, directly towards attendance at the exhibition

Criteria A

SME (Small & Medium Sized Enterprise )
i)  Turnover of less than 50 million Euros per year
ii)  Employs less than 250 permanent staff
iii)  Not more than 25% of capital or voting rights are owned by another non SME company

Criteria B

NEW EXPORTER
Currently exporting less than 25% of annual turnover

Criteria C

Must not have received more than 2 previous grants through the TAP scheme since April 2006

Criteria D

Must not receive any other contributions from public funds towards costs of exhibition participation

Criteria E

Must pay for a minimum of 4 square metres or pay the equivalent of the grant amount received, directly towards attendance at the exhibition

Criteria A

SME (Small & Medium Sized Enterprise )
i)  Turnover of less than 50 million Euros per year
ii)  Employs less than 250 permanent staff
iii)  Not more than 25% of capital or voting rights are owned by another non SME company

Criteria B

UKT&I Priority Markets
Attending an event taking place in any of the below countries:
China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Brazil, Gulf Co-operation Council (Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam.

Criteria C

NEW TO MARKET
Not exported to the country where the exhibition is taking place within the previous 12 months and normally having no established representation there.

Criteria D

Must not have received more than 2 previous grants through the TAP scheme since April 2006

Criteria E

Must pay for a minimum of 4 square metres or pay the equivalent of the grant amount received, directly towards attendance at the exhibition

Criteria F

Must not receive any other contributions from public funds towards costs of exhibition participation

Please note that the above summary is to be used as a guideline only, please click here for full terms and conditions of the Trade Access Programme >>

 


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