Help to Grow: Digital – apply to become a vendor

Vendors who wish to provide technology products through the Government’s Wave 1 Help to Grow: Digital initiative need to submit an application form providing details of their business and proposed products.

Applications are open from 29 July to 8 September 2021. Full details of the scheme including timings, eligibility criteria and application forms are now on gov.uk.

Help to Grow: Digital is a new scheme to help up to 100,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK over the next three years, to adopt digital technologies that are proven to increase firm-level productivity.

It will offer free, impartial advice and guidance via an online platform to help SMEs identify their digital needs, and a voucher covering 50% of the costs of new-to-firm digital technology solutions, up to a value of £5,000.

The scheme will offer SMEs free and impartial advice on how technology can help their business. An online platform will help them to:

– identify their digital technology needs

– assess technology purchasing options

– implement new technologies in their operations

The Help to Grow: Digital scheme will be launched in the Autumn. It will run for 3 years, taking a phased approach over a number of waves. Each wave will provide the opportunity to roll out new technologies and functionalities for SMEs and vendors.