Eligible Areas Eligible areas for RSA grants are defined in terms of local authority wards. Companies within the wards shown on following map are eligible to apply. Eligible Sectors Almost alI businesses investing in manufacturing are eligible to apply for a grant, as are businesses in service industries that supply a national rather than local market where displacement of other similar employment is not likely to occur.
Applicants can be companies, partnerships or sole traders.
All projects must meet the scheme and in criteria, and in each case the amount and terms of assistance will be negotiated as the minimum necessary for the project to go ahead. The grant is normally paid in instalments based on agreed capital investment and job targets. European commission restrictions apply in some sectors where there is European over-capacity including synthetic fibre and yarn, vehicles, iron and steel, coal fisher and agricultural products. Restrictions may also apply where projects are in sectors of the UK market which are already fully served and where support would simply displace or reduce existing jobs in similar businesses elsewhere. In such circumstances, an application would be unlikely to succeed.