AvenCentral Projects (Business)

BIG in Preston

The BIG in Preston (Business Investment Grant in Preston) project is managed by Preston Business Venture and provides grant funding to new and existing micro, small and medium enterprises, situated within the AvenCentral area of Preston.

Project Manager: Philip Morris
Tel: 01772 825723
Email: philip@prestonbv.demon.co.uk

Business Accord

The Business Accord project aims to engage the whole of the business sector within AvenCentral in the regeneration of the area. The project is providing the means by which businesses can come together and develop ideas, proposals and projects of benefit to the local business community. The project is also providing sufficient encouragement and support to local businesses to allow them to expand and create new job opportunities for local people.

In the last year of the programme the project will be working with small businesses within the area on the potential of a business improvement area as well as continuing with its current work. The project will also have a small grants programme to aid business with improvements to their premises.

For more details contact Craig Matthews, 3 – 5 Grimshaw Street Preston PR1 3DD Tel. 01772 516419 or 01772 516419.

CITY (Creativity & Innovation for Two Years)

CITY has established a Creative Industries Quarter centred on Church Street in the city centre called PAD. The gallery and shop promotes the work of Lancashire based artists and designers. The project is also helping to sustain the FRESH programme encouraging graduate retention and new businesses. Six people will be employed to undertake development work with small and medium enterprises in the AvenCentral area.
Project Manager Keith Launchbury
Tel: 01772 563949

Friargate Brow Shops

The project is the second phase of the Friargate Brow Economic Regeneration programme. A grant scheme will provide financial assistance to the owners of properties on the Brow that want to undertake renovations/repairs to the facades that face onto the brow.
For more information contact Nigel Roberts on 01772 906592

Preston Moneyline

Preston MoneyLine is a not for profit community business offering loans and financial help to personal and business customers who are unable to obtain finance from high street banks or building societies.
The aim of Preston MoneyLine is to promote financial inclusion for the people of Preston and assistance may be provided despite previous credit problems. Interest rates are realistic (far less than doorstop lenders) and therefore loans are affordable.
Personal loans are exclusively available to residents of the AvenCentral area of Preston for such purposes as Christmas, decorating, furniture, electrical goods, carpets, school uniforms and debt consolidation.
Business and Housing loans are available to all residents of Preston. Finance can be arranged for both existing and start-up businesses.

The project will continue to provide loans within the AvenCentral Partnership area for people looking to set up a business who can not access funding from other sources.

For further information, please contact Elaine Rimmer on 01772 556877 or email: elainerimmer@prestonmoneyline.co.uk.

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			Wednesday 20 August 2008