Government announces new Assisted Area status regions

Posted on 30 Apr 2014 by Callum Bentley

The Government has today announced the latest regions included in the Assisted Areas map that are now eligible to bid for additional funding and benefits.

Manufacturing centres including Derby, Huddersfield, Portsmouth and Scunthorpe, among others, have now been added to the Assisted Areas map. The status makes local businesses in these areas eligible to bid for additional funding and tax breaks to create jobs, invest in new premises or machinery and grow. The new inclusions will join other areas including large…

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