£40,000 Boost for SMEs with Ideas on Climate Change

The Shell Springboard Programme has opened, urging small businesses with ideas on tackling climate change to compete for awards of up to £40,000 each.

The ideas must:

-  lead to greenhouse gas reductions
-  be commercially viable
-  be innovative

Up to 6 awards between £20,000 - £40,000 are on offer in each of 3 UK regions:

-  North UK - Scotland, Northern Ireland & Northern England
-  Central UK - Central England & Wales
-  South UK - Southern England & East Anglia

Last year awards of £40,000 were made to 5 businesses from across the UK.

ELIGIBILITY

Entrants must:

-  be a business set up as a sole-trader, partnership, limited company or community interest company
-  have been established for a minimum of 3 months
-  have less than 250 employees
-  operate in the UK
-  have an idea and business plan which is their own/or which they are free to disclose

The deadline for 2008 entries is 8th November 08.

For further information and an online application form please visit: www.shellspringboard.org