So far over £3 million has been committed to 150 successful applicants under the two schemes. The first scheme provides up to 50 per cent. grant towards the cost of pre-investment feasibility studies (PIFS) into proposed British investment operations; the second scheme finances, on a pump-priming basis, the costs of providing training in management and business skills to key indigenous personnel who will run British investment operations (the training for investment personnel scheme—TIPS). There has been a good response from a wide cross-section of British industry and service sector firms and organisations and the schemes appear to be achieving their aims. Forty-nine pre-investment feasibility studies supported by the know-how fund have so far been completed; in 35 of these, applicants have decided definitely to proceed with their investment; in a further five a final decision has not yet been taken.
| Pre-investmenl feasibility studies (PIFS) scheme |
| Proposed Investment Operation |
Grant Approved £ |
| Poland |
|
| Airport terminal |
41,000 |
| Bulk liquids storage terminal |
12,500 |
| Interpreter/translation service |
2,946 |
| Poultry breeding |
14,350 |
| Fuel efficiency etc instrumentation |
13,383 |
| Coffee production |
21,725 |
| Engineering consultancy |
5,097 |
| Bulk sugar terminal |
50,000 |
| Disposable medical equipment |
43,996 |
| Business/accountancy forms |
11,775 |
| Bulk liquid storage terminal |
47,500 |
| Carpet manufacture |
50,000 |
| Printing inks manufacture |
20,215 |
| Proposed Investment Operation |
Grant Approved £ |
| Business Centre |
11,323 |
| Training/consultancy for financial sector |
6,656 |
| Technology (CAD/CAM) centres |
50,000 |
| Navigation, surveying and vehicle products |
35,484 |
| Soft drinks production plant |
22,325 |
| Handbags manufacture |
12,950 |
| Joint venture with survey, mapping etc company |
24,190 |
| Non-woven material manufacture |
11,970 |
| Medical indemnity insurance joint venture |
20,670 |
| Fruit, vegetable processing plant |
6,924 |
| Environmental management consultancy |
12,122 |
| Management consultancy |
4,925 |
| Mining equipment manufacture |
24,690 |
| Hungary |
|
| Gas-fired generation plant |
15,000 |
| Bed manufacture |
8,244 |
| Poultry breeding |
10,740 |
| Rack shelving |
23,815 |
| Technology transfer/development |
25,000 |
| Project consultancy |
9,736 |
| Business centre/consultancy |
10,500 |
| Business intelligence service |
9,500 |
| Water/environmental engineering consultancy |
13,010 |
| Alcoholic beverages |
50,000 |
| Management training |
6,676 |
| Corrugated board manufacture |
50,000 |
| Pre-fabricated housing |
8,425 |
| Tractor manufacture |
50,000 |
| Consulting engineering/environmental consultancy |
17,643 |
| Knitwear, knitted fabric manufacture/trading |
27,911 |
| Training/consultancy for financial sector |
5,625 |
| Timber building system manufacture |
9,031 |
| Water control, monitoring equipment joint venture |
3,348 |
| Financial advisory service |
1,400 |
| Pig breeding |
21,210 |
| Leisure/learning project |
50,000 |
| Funeral services joint venture |
27,611 |
| Czechoslovakia |
|
| Architectural practice |
19,395 |
| Castings |
20,393 |
| Warm air ducting |
2,260 |
| Coal tip washing |
6,631 |
| Clothing manufacture |
14,992 |
| Quarrying |
50,000 |
| Plasterboard manufacture |
50,000 |
| Software development |
41,737 |
| Hotel |
50,000 |
| Business centre |
11,088 |
| Electronic and technology training equipment |
4,061 |
| Copper smelting |
50,000 |
| Investment castings foundry |
23,842 |
| Hand tools manufacture |
26,542 |
| Deer breeding |
7,654 |
| Diesel engines manufacture |
50,000 |
| Historic residential property restoration/development |
13,126 |
| Electronic components manufacture |
50,000 |
| Mining venture |
32,986 |
| Dolomite etc. mining |
15,435 |
| Chemical manufacture |
50,000 |
| Clay production |
47,954 |
| Commercial TV channel consortium |
40,037 |
| Motor industry research and development etc. joint venture |
40,603 |
| Clay production |
21,508 |
| Bulgaria |
|
| Industrial training joint venture |
29,035 |
| Technical training joint venture |
3,945 |
| Waste oil reclamation plant |
47,625 |
| Consultancy joint venture with institute |
6,167 |
| Ski resort development |
46,553 |
| Electronic products (civil markets) |
36,800 |
| Healthcare company |
33,125 |
| Offshore exploration support facility |
2,750 |
| Training for investment personnel scheme (TIPS) |
| Investment operation |
Grant approved £ |
| Poland |
|
| Bulk packaging manufacture |
6,050 |
| Language/business skills training |
8,420 |
| Boiler manufacture |
8,644 |
| Consulting engineers practice |
8,900 |
| Management training school |
25,642 |
| Open learning centres |
50,000 |
| Dental products manufacture |
8,966 |
| Property/asset valuation, consultancy |
4,139 |
| Pharmaceutical products |
50,000 |
| Business computer systems |
25,921 |
| Hungary |
|
| Management consultancy |
33,264 |
| Water and effluent consultancy |
18,922 |
| Marble quarrying |
28,276 |
| Pallet racking/shelving manufacture |
22,862 |
| Quantity surveying |
23,961 |
| Printing business |
12,388 |
| Bed manufacture |
24,120 |
| English language training |
14,185 |
| Sewing thread manufacture |
26,424 |
| Business centre/consultancy |
29,205 |
| Property development |
7,165 |
| Risk assessment consultancy |
17,480 |
| Bar code systems |
5,835 |
| Management consultancy |
12,269 |
| Shopping complex joint venture |
8,500 |
| Medical indemnity insurance operations |
16,205 |
| Czechoslovakia |
|
| Machine tool manufacture |
1,646 |
| Warm air ducting |
4,000 |
| Business consultancy |
7,550 |
| Property consultants/chartered surveyors |
28,839 |
| Management/engineering consultancy |
23,900 |
| Mechanical seals manufacture |
50,000 |
| Building and construction joint venture |
10,916 |
| Bar code systems |
4,690 |
| Pipe and cable locating equipment |
14,434 |
| Mineral water bottling plant |
8,104 |
| Plant and tool hire joint venture |
40,000 |
| Investment castings foundry |
45,234 |
| Investment consultancy |
9,376 |