Welsh Government business development grants now available - purchase JMS with up to a massive 90% discount!

£10,000-150,000 Grants not loans

Deadline for applications is the 25th November!

Welsh Government Grants

(Grants not loans)

We wanted to notify you as a Welsh joinery workshop that the Welsh Government have bought out "Economic Resilience Fund Business Development Grants” - two different grants for two different sized companies up to 50 employees and up to £150,000!

The purpose of this fund is to support recovery by allowing businesses to make a positive change to improve sustainability and foundations as they continue their recovery process as a result of Covid -19.

It is important to realise that this is separate to the COVID support already given and even if you’ve had stage 1 or 2 of this grant scheme you can still apply for stage 3!

Below we give you a little information and then the PDF's from the Welsh Government for each so you can go out there and get these to help your business. Part of that might be to purchase JMS.

The main qualifying points to receive the grant are as follows;

You employ at least 1 person (they have to be employed for at least 30hrs a week)

You employ people using PAYE

Your business is either registered with Companies House or the charities commission with a turnover of £50k or more or you are VAT Registered/Sector Exempt from VAT with a turnover of £85k or more

Your business operating address is in Wales and has employees in Wales

What it can be used for

Supporting the costs of your staff and operation to work on the future development of your business

Investing in the digital capability of your business

Investing in new processes or systems

Investing in equipment

Investing in the skills and capabilities of your staff

Investing in improvements to facilities

This grant funding is for revenue expenditure. This means that expenditure which appears in your Profit & Loss Account for the period and not your Balance Sheet is eligible. You can use capital expenditure (which would appear on the balance sheet) as your match funding.

Up to 9 Employeees

Grant amount: up to £10,000

Match amount: 10%

Read PDF

Up To 50 Employees

Grant amount: up to £150,000

Match amount: 10%

Read PDF

What is JMS and why does it qualify for the grant?

JMS is Joinery Management Software designed by Joinerysoft is the UK's leading joinery software manufacturer with over 40 systems installed in Wales, 1000 across the world and growing!

We have 3 software products:

JMS2D / JMSPro / JMSCloud

Modules we cover are:

JMS 2D is for smaller bespoke joinery companies. Our software saves you time by speeding up many of your quoting and preparation processes. It reduces wastage by using our cutting sheets to get the most out of your materials and it makes you more efficient by allowing you to order things like glass in advance of creating your products!

JMS Cloud takes JMS2D or JMSPro and adds management information. You can generate leads from your website straight into the cloud. It gives you a CRM system for managing client contact and project statuses. Upload documents. Schedule jobs and see all of your jobs on a Gantt chart. Keep track of timings and finances! Plus many more features!

JMS 3D is for the larger joinery manufacturers and goes into a lot more detail starting with our custom built 3D solid modelling engine! JMS 3D is built to match your tooling and internal processes with fixtures, fittings, materials - everything is customisable to make sure it accurately matches your joinery and products. Batching and revisions allow for much larger jobs numbers and we’ve even done specific development for those of you that make commercial doors and fire doors to make this an even better system than excel!

How does JMS Qualify for the grant?

JMS can transform every part of your business from initial enquiry right through to delivering the order. Our software is easy to use, based on joinery terminology not computer jargon.It will streamline your admin and processes leaving you to get on with what you do best - joinery!

With JMS Cloud options providing a built in CRM you can improve your customer relationships to ensure you never miss an opportunity or deadline. Our software comes with design, quoting and mill cutting sheets as standard ensuring professional, clearly laid out and accurate documentation for customers and consistent, accurate documentation for the workshop. Supplier ordering and material control is made easier with detailed specifications of materials required including glass sizes and diagrams of glazing bars. Paperwork is reduced with all jobs stored in an easy to access database, and all customer paperwork can be printed online for emailing, further reducing paperwork.

Reducing time spent on administrative work, can free up more time to spend in the workshop, or provide additional time to quote more work. If you’d like to spend more time developing your business then JMS can help to make you more efficient. Improved customer focus and greater efficiency will help win more work by making you more competitive.

JMS helps with points 5, 4,3 and potentially 2 of the calls to action below;

1) Reduce carbon emissions – we want to enable more of our business base to become carbon light or free.

2) Develop Innovation and entrepreneurship - we want to support businesses to innovate, introduce new products and services and succeed.

3) Increase Exports and Trade - we want to proactively support trade with the rest of the UK and across the world.

4) Create high quality employment, skills development, and Fair Work – we want to improve our skills base and ensure that work is fairly rewarded.

5) Develop Automation, and Digitalisation – we want to help our businesses to develop and to remain competitive.

Get in touch today to find out more.

+44 (0) 1608 643302

sales@joinerysoft.com

www.joinerysoft.com

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