Supporting Productive Investment And Business Growth

QUICK SUMMARY

As businesses grow, investment becomes necessary to expand capacity, improve productivity, diversify operations or strengthen competitiveness.

The challenge is often not whether investment is needed, but how to structure it in a way that is financially sustainable and aligned with business priorities.

The SME Enhance scheme supports eligible SMEs through non-repayable grants that part-finance productive investment.

It is designed to help businesses invest in expansion, diversification, innovation and initial investment projects that can improve productivity and long-term performance.

What kind of support is available?

The scheme provides a minimum grant of €10,000 and a maximum grant value of €128,400, inclusive of a 7% flat rate for indirect costs. Under the de minimis framework, eligible investments may be supported at an aid intensity of 50% for projects in Malta and 60% for projects in Gozo. Where the General Block Exemption Regulation applies, aid intensity