Grants & incentives

• Ordinarily, a grant needs to be secured before a project commences.
• Once an irreversible commitment is made to a project, e.g. signing a lease, ordering capital equipment, making an announcement, recruiting staff etc., a grant opportunity may be lost.

• A “project” is typically considered over a three or exceptionally a five year timeframe.
• Depending on the project a grant application may be based on a single phase or multiple phases of an overall project programme.

• Cash grants are typically paid in arrears with payments phased over key milestones within the project.
• Grants are frequently claimed annually and subject to an audit

Most incentives are available in terms of cash grants although there is a trend towards repayable loans.

Support for a project could come from a number of different sources depending on the nature and scale of the project. The largest funding sources are:

• Malta Enterprise
• Business Enhance Measures
• Direct EU Funding  

Through our detailed knowledge of the schemes we are able to provide a clear understanding of the merits of different grant funding routes. This will be linked to the future (typically next three years) investment priorities and results in a tailored summary of grant opportunities. This is important as some schemes are influenced by size of company, sector, scale of investment, and location of the project. We understand what this means in practice.

With a successful 35 year history in grant delivery we understand what the grant providers are looking for and can help to position a project effectively.

We can assist to gather and position information to support an application and help check that all elements of the application are consistent with your key messages.

We provide a full hand-holding service that includes pre-meeting briefings and support to help ensure the application proceeds smoothly. Our role doesn’t end with the grant submission but continues up to and beyond the time when a formal grant offer letter is received.

Once the grant offer letter is received, we will advise on any terms and conditions within the grant offer letter.