Capital grants from £1,000 to £25,000 are available for purchase of equipment/machinery (including green/low carbon) and small scale capital improvements to help grow, diversify, innovate and improve productivity. They can cover up to 50% of the cost of your project, up to the maximum grant limit. A total pot of £207,142 is on offer.
Advice vouchers of £500 or £1,000 can be used with a consultant of your choice. No match funding is needed but you can choose to add more to enable more activity.
They can be used for a wide range of topics, including (but not limited to) marketing, website, accountancy, legal, HR, planning, agricultural consultancy, and to help towards the costs of our mentoring and export consultancy programmes.
There is a deadline of midday on 15th May for Expressions of Interest to be submitted and there is support from advisers to help businesses apply.

LANSS were pleased to attend the UK’s largest autumn livestock showcase where we had sponsored the sheep ring. We enjoyed meeting with many members of our farming community and those businesses which support them.
LANSS were delighted to attend this event which focused on exploring and building on opportunities within work-based and practical agroecological training. We looked at different training models and heard real life examples of them working in practice. We also learned how devolution will give our…
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We are looking forward to joining the Digital Dairy Chain and secondary school students from across Cumbria and South West Scotland at the Carlisle Auction Mart on 30th September 2025.