Grant aid for businesses that grow, harvest or work with wood.

This successful capital grant scheme is now closed. First set up in 1996 and accessing EU/UK government seed-corn grants and matching private funds, the scheme offered grant aid for capital investments and development services to businesses within the forestry and timber processing supply chain in the far South West of England.  By the end of 2006, it had supported or advised more than 600 local businesses, contributed grant aid towards more than £4 million of capital investments, brought 1,250 hectares of woodland back under sustainable management and helped the industry increase its annual sustainable turnover by more than £8.5 million.