Fully funded expert help - application process

How to apply for fully funded expert help from the Business Gateway team.

The application process for expert help is as follows:

  1. You can either contact the Council’s Business Gateway team to discuss your requirements, via 01546 604555 or business.grants@argyll-bute.gov.uk, or complete the Business Funding Enquiry Form and tick that you are looking for advice. 
  2. The Council’s Business Gateway service will contact you to discuss the information you have provided and your suitability for Expert Help. You will be sent an application form if you appear to meet the criteria. 
  3. You submit the fully completed application form with the required supporting documents.
  4. If you have not already done so, you meet (by phone or video) with a business adviser from Argyll and Bute Council’s Business Gateway service to discuss your application
  5. If approved, you will be issued with an offer letter confirming the support. 
  6. After you have accepted your offer of support you will be introduced to the subject expert assigned to help you.
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