Subsidy
How much financial support is available?
A review costs £500 + £87.50 VAT.
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A UK Trade & Investment subsidy of £350 towards the cost of an initial review is available for UK-based SMEs that have been trading for a minimum of 2 years. In order to be eligible, the products or services must be mainly of UK origin. Companies pay £150 + £87.50 VAT for an initial review (VAT is charged on the full cost of the review).
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Two subsidised continuation reviews are available for eligible companies. Each continuation review costs £500 + £87.50 VAT less subsidy of £250 so companies pay £250 + £87.50 VAT for each continuation review.
Confidentiality and Impartiality
Results and reports arising from the export communications review are confidential to the client company, the consultant and the BCC. Client companies are assured that this confidentiality will be maintained at all times.
The consultant is required to provide the client company with impartial recommendations that will meet the client needs in the most effective way. When identifying providers of language services, the consultant will make selections from the national database of such providers and offer the client company alternative choices.
A condition of the award of the subsidy is that the company responds to a request from the BCC for information on the progress that has been made as a consequence of the review. Follow-up information requests will be made up to twelve months following completion of the review.
Payment
Payment of the company contribution must be made, to the BCC, before the start of the review. When the review is finished the BCC require a certificate of completion to be returned within seven days of receiving the report.