Note: this Call is now closed

On Friday 27 March 2015 the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership held an ESIF (European Structural Investment Fund) information event at the City of Oxford College. All of the documents, including the presentation slides, will be available shortly.

We are now pleased to advise that the first European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Oxfordshire call is now live on the GOV.UK website  which relates to “Enhancing the Competitiveness of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises.  The link  is https://www.gov.uk/european-structural-investment-funds/sme-support-call-in-oxfordshire

The call is looking to increase the growth capacity of small and medium sized enterprises within the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnerships area.  Up to £500,000 value of funding is available through this first call.

The outline application deadline is Friday 29 May 2015 and it is expected that the funding from this call will be awarded for up to three years.  Please note that to make an outline application, you must be registered which you can do by emailing esif1420.ITqueries@communities.gsi.gov.uk and writing “Register to apply for ESIF” in the subject line.

In the email, please include:

• your full name
• full name of your organisation
• email address
• phone number (including extension)

For more information regarding the European Structural Investment Fund growth programme please contact us at:

01865 261433

ESIFEnquirires@oxfordshirelep.com