Closes Monday 30th September
The Scheme
The SAF grant scheme closes soon and we understand that many eligible abattoirs have yet to make an application. The scheme represents an excellent opportunity and can fund many types of capital investment at a 50% rate of grant and a maximum grant of £75,000. It is non-competitive and all eligible applications will be approved and funded.
Eligibility
The scheme is only open to applicants in England who are currently operational and have been invited to apply by the RPA. Eligibility is based on annual throughput of less than 10,000 livestock units (red meat) or 500,000 poultry birds in the reference year of 2022.
The abattoir must not carry out or intend to carry out non-stun slaughter (for a five year period post the grant agreement).
Application Process
The application requires business details, project details, quotes and, where applicable, evidence of planning consent of the businesses match funding.
Assistance
Westley have assisted a number of members with their applications so far and are available to help any others that require support. This can be in three ways:
- Advising on the application requirements, drafting the application forms, collating the accompanying documents (to be provided by the business) and preparing the application so the applicant simply has to just review and forward an email to submit the application. We are offering this for a fixed fee of £350.
- Obtaining quotes for items of equipment or, perhaps, obtaining second and third quotes where you only have one. This would be chargeable at an hourly rate.
- We can also provide a full project management service for any construction projects (e.g. new chillers, extensions etc.). This starts with the project concept and moves through feasibility, design, tendering, contracting, construction and handover. We would quote for this on a project specific basis.
Please contact us if you need assistance:
Westley Consulting 01630 672400 or [email protected]
Alastair Beacon on 07968 585101 or [email protected]
Rick Patterson on 07852 777668 or [email protected]
