Time ticking for Shell support

The deadline for applications for the Shell International’s enterprise support programme for UK low-carbon businesses is Monday, 6 November (5pm).

Successful applicants will be shortlisted for two regional finals in Aberdeen and Cambridge in early 2018.

There they will pitch their businesses to a panel of experts and investors from the low-carbon sector.

Each event will put forward three finalists, each being awarded equity-free funding of £40,000.

These six regional winners will then go forward to the national final in London where one business will be crowned the national winner and receive additional funding of £110,000.

Almost 84 per cent of supported companies remain in operation five years after starting-up in contrast to a national average of about 45 per cent.

To find out more, visit www.shellspringboard.org