Development support
Sometimes it is good to get external help with the planning involved in starting a business. This support is intended for the acquisition of expert services. There are two options for planning: sdesign package €1,000 (no social security number yet) and yearpreparation package €2,000. You can get both subsidies only once.
Design package
1 000 €
- No social security number yet.
- For expert services, for making a business plan.
- In the application, the idea and with whom the business idea is discussed.
- 1–2 days of expert services.
Preparation package
2 000 €
- With personal ID or business ID
- Expert services: finalizing a business plan, planning investments, making calculations, preparing a grant application for the financier.
- 2–3 days of expert services.
Who can apply?
- Start-up and operating companies
- Farm-connected and agricultural primary processors
- Part-time and full-time entrepreneurs
Applying for support
- Business subsidies are applied for electronically In the Hyrrä system.
- Get to know to the selection criteria before making the application.
- To apply, you need a plan for what you intend to do, what it will cost, and how to demonstrate what the money has achieved.
- Support is not available for measures that have already been started if they were started before submitting the application to Hyrrä. An order or binding contract is considered to have already been started.
- The most recent financial statements from the competent company are required as an attachment.
Applying for payment
Development grants are standardised lump sum projects. They are applied for payment by demonstrating that the planned activities have been carried out. This can be done, for example, with reports, photographs and plans created as outputs. More information on applying for payment can be found here. From the website of the Food Agency.
Do you have any questions?
business support?
Get in touch with Sinika!
Sinikka Koivumäki
Executive Director
040 513 1824
Free advice on starting a business
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