{"id":4119,"date":"2021-05-20T13:30:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T13:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4119"},"modified":"2021-05-20T13:30:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T13:30:39","slug":"claim-up-to-50-per-cent-off-business-software-under-new-help-to-grow-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/claim-up-to-50-per-cent-off-business-software-under-new-help-to-grow-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Claim up to 50 per cent off business software under new Help to Grow scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Small and medium-sized firms could get a discount of up to 50 per cent on the costs of business software under the new Help to Grow scheme, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The news comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/helptogrow.campaign.gov.uk\/\">applications to register interest<\/a> in the initiative opened this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Help to Grow scheme \u2013 split into a digital and management programme &#8211; was announced earlier this year to help businesses \u201cbuild back better\u201d after the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Under the digital programme, eligible firms can access \u201cfree impartial advice\u201d on how technology can boost their performance and get a discount of up to 50 per cent on the costs of approved software, worth up to \u00a35,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Government, vouchers are available for software that can help businesses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>build customer relationships and increase sales<\/li>\n<li>make the most of selling online, and\/or<\/li>\n<li>manage their accounts and finances digitally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While all businesses can benefit from the advice portion of the scheme, your business must meet the below requirements to be eligible for a software voucher:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>employ between five and 249 employees and are registered at Companies House<\/li>\n<li>have been trading for more than 12 months, and<\/li>\n<li>are purchasing the discounted software for the first time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Help to Grow: Management programme, meanwhile, will include a 90 per cent subsidised 12-week professional development course, covering the basics of financial management, innovation and digital adoption.<\/p>\n<p>The Government said full details of the Help to Grow: Digital and Help to Grow: Management scheme will be published later this summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For help and advice with related matters, please get in touch with our expert team today.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small and medium-sized firms could get a discount of up to 50 per cent on the costs of business software under the new Help to Grow scheme, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30,31,60,50,120,121,25,4,26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4120,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4119\/revisions\/4120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}