Decision Maker: Director of Regeneration and Environment
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
To offer Thornhill Group Ltd:
- A Job Creation Grant of £4300 for 11 new full time
permanent jobs, these will be skilled with an average salary of
£25k per annum. The total grant will be paid when the jobs
have been created for a minimum period of 1year and will be subject
to the company providing written evidence of the staff appointed
residing at a Doncaster postcode.
- Speculative Business Rate Grant up to £91,205 which is the
approximate new business rates.
- Project set up costs grant of £5000 in respect of racking,
broadband and communications.
The Cabinet report approving the overall scheme (key decision K1255
taken 15th October 2015), proposed a Job Creation Grant ranging
from £100 to £500 per FTE depending on salary and a
maximum Project Start Up Grant of £5k.
The company has certified the amount received in state aid in the
current and two previous financial years. This amount, together
with the aid sought from Doncaster Council is below the state aid
De Minimis limit of €200,000. DMBC will notify the company in
writing of the final amount of aid provided in Euros and British
Pound Sterling (BPS) for the purpose of recording aid.
DMBC programmes team will be monitoring the Business Incentive
grant to ensure meet the terms of the grant relating to job
creation. A legal document still has to be drawn up but will be
very similar to other legal documents currently used by DMBC
relative to other similar schemes.
BOX
To award the following grants to Thornhill
Group Ltd –
New Business Rates Grant - £91205 approximately
Job Creation Grant - £4300
Project Set up Grant - £5000
To offer a grant of up to £100,505 in recognition of the
additional Business rates generated once the newly constructed
units in question are brought into rating along with the creation
of 11 new jobs. Project set up costs include contribution towards
new racking, broadband, telephones and IT.
The ODR seeks authority to make a decision based on the terms of
the application and subject to a payment schedule to be determined
in line with the guidance conditions.
A number of options were considered including
not offering the company any incentives. However Steering Group
members felt that the nature of the investment would be good for
Doncaster in terms of the new investment.
Publication date: 15/10/2019
Date of decision: 09/04/2019
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