Inward investment and R&D

Choose to build business relationships

EU Countries in the CEE and Baltic Sea areas have Billions of Euros to spend on attracting and supporting foreign investor companies who choose to build business relationships or conduct R&D in these areas. 

Grant aid is available for Companies that relocate or set up Joint Venturing with a local company and can take the form of Wage Subsidies, Assistance with Capex and Training costs with typical subsidy levels of up to 50%.

A number of states also operate grant aid programmes for R&D activities including patent cost acquisition and the levels of subsidy can be up to 90% depending on the project. 

In some cases, additional tax breaks and other advantages are available if the project is located in one of the Special Economic Zones. There are over 100 SEZs within the new expanded EU.

Equity and Grant provide an ‘end to end’ EU Project Grant Analysis Service for UK companies that are seeking to establish overseas operations.  This Service is designed to help companies identify the most beneficial location for their project and takes account of available grant aid packages within a particular location against an analysis of in state metrics such as tax and accessibility for any particular project.  From this we help you choose the right location and if you wish to submit a bid for financial assistance, we can prepare this for you as part of our service.

We can also assist with arranging: