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CREATIVE groups in the city have combined to bid for a slice of a cash courtesy of High Street guru Mary Portas.Cities and towns across the country have asked for a 100,000 grant through the Portas Pilot project, which will hand out 12 government grants in a bit to revitalise the retail sector.Arts organisations Theatre Absolute, Talking Birds, Mercurial Dance and Coventry Artspace have teamed up    .. more …

The layers of processes involving government grants are never thin, although they are normally lengthy.More than a dozen Pamlico County families from an application pool of hundreds have passed an initial round of qualifying for state Hazard Mitigation grant funding for potential buyouts of properties that were damaged by Hurricane Irene.There is, however, no specific date for when they will find    .. more …

Omaha, NE-based eStrategies, Inc. has released a new web site targeted at helping small businesses access Government Grants Omaha, NE (PRWEB) April 12, 2012 “There is a vast pool of government money available to both businesses and individuals that many people are not aware of”, states Cal Hesson , CEO of eStrategies, Inc. The amount of money the US Government gives away every year is staggering,    .. more …

The state gives more money in grants to businesses than it does to charities . It also gives more to railway companies and to housing associations. When it comes to taxpayer handouts, the voluntary sector now finds itself some way down the pecking order.Does this matter? It is well documented that the principal means of state funding of charities has switched from grants to service contracts over    .. more …

MEDFORD – Shippers such as lumber mills in Southern Oregon are seeking millions in government grants to improve railroad tunnels and increase freight capacity in a region that state officials say is    .. more …

Cyclists in Oxford are to benefit from two improvement schemes part-funded by government grants of more than 300,000.The city’s railway station is to get cycle hire facilities, additional CCTV and a public bike pump.The Waterways Trust is using some of the money to improve 1.2km (0.7 miles) of towpath between Walton Well Road and Elizabeth Jennings Way.Richard Mann from Oxford Cycle Campaign,    .. more …

Leicestershire County Council has proposed cutting its funding for Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs). A cabinet member on the Tory-run council said it was due to a “massive” reduction in government grants.The 500,000 cost for about 20 PCSOs would be reduced in stages over the next two years, with no financial support at all by 2014.Leicestershire Police Authority said more pressure would    .. more …

The Department of Education program that funded $27 million worth of foreign language education grants-which were split by a mix of 55 charter schools, school districts, and states-was cut in the recent budget bill, leaving the future of foreign language classes at these schools in jeopardy.”What this cut does is pull the rug out from these programs,” Martha Abbott, executive director of the    .. more …

ZHENGZHOU, China , Jan. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ –ANNEC GREEN REFRACTORIES CORPORATION (OTCBB: ANNC.OB – News ), one of leading refractory enterprises in China , today announced that it was the recipient of Scientific Achievements and Government Grants in 2011.Zhengzhou Annec Industrial Co., Ltd. (“Zhengzhou Annec”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, received government grants in    .. more …

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Research and Markets ( ) has announced the addition of GlobalData ‘s new report ” Government Grants cannot Spearhead the Deployment of Smart Grid Alone ” to their offering. Government Grants cannot Spearhead the Deployment of Smart Grid Alone provides an analysis on the effect of government grants in facilitating the spread of smart grids. Government funding cannot act    .. more …