Its purpose is to help improve the efficiency and competitiveness of businesses within the Assisted Areas. RSA is a discretionary grant that provides a contribution towards the fixed capital costs of investment projects that create or safeguard jobs in the Assisted Areas. There is no limit on the size of the investment but projects with very low capital expenditure are unlikely to qualify. Assisted Areas are places of considerable development potential. Businesses in Assisted Areas have access to grants to assist investments that enable them to expand and to become more competitive.
Grants are also available to help companies to set up in an Assisted Area.
Assisted Areas offer a wide range of opportunities including an available workforce, competitive labour costs and high labour flexibility. They share the same benefits that Wales offers investors. These benefits include market proximity, good communications, low taxes, the language of business, a deregulated business environment and a National Assembly that promotes and encourages investment and enterprise. Click here to see a map of the Welsh Assisted Areas . If you are uncertain about whether a location is in the Assisted Areas telephone the Contact number of the National Assembly for Wales Industrial Development Division nearest you.