The Help to Grow Digital has been expanded to businesses with at least one employee. Businesses with 1 to 249 employees can now access discounts worth up to £5,000 on approved software.
eCommerce software has been added to the scheme, helping businesses to sell online and reach new markets. This will enable more businesses to manage their inventory, take payments and gather data and insights on customer needs. Evidence has shown businesses who adopt eCommerce software see on average a 7.5% increase in employee sales over 3 years.
Businesses can now access a £5,000 discount on 30 software solutions from 14 leading technology suppliers for eCommerce, Digital Accounting and CRM software.
The Help to Grow: Digital support also includes one-to-one advice for SMEs on how best they can adopt digital technology.
Eligible businesses will receive one financial discount towards the purchase of one approved software product up to a maximum of £5,000 (not including VAT) in eCommerce, Customer Relationship Management and Digital Accounting software product categories.
Eligibility
To qualify for the financial discount through Help to Grow Digital, businesses can be from any business sector but must meet the following criteria:
- be a business based in the United Kingdom registered with Companies House or be a registered society on the Financial Conduct Authorities Mutuals Register
- have at least 1 employee who is not an owner, up to a maximum of 249 employees
- have been actively trading for over 12 months, and have an incorporation date of at least 365 days prior to application
- be purchasing the approved software for the first time
The approved technology suppliers on the Help to Grow: Digital online website are:
e-Commerce software
- Shopwired
- Gob2b
- Kentico
- Comgem
- EKM
- Big Commerce
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software
- Capsule CRM
- Zymplify
- Livepoint Software Solutions Ltd
- Gold-Vision CRM
- Deskpro Ltd
Digital Accounting software
- Sage
- Intuit Ltd
- Crunch
For further information visit https://www.learn-to-grow-your-business.service.gov.uk/
