The assessment will provide recommendations for reducing energy costs and saving carbon in your business. This could include measures such as upgrading to energy-efficient lighting or optimising heating systems. Our energy advisors can help you understand how to turn your sustainability aspirations into measurable actions.

Following an energy assessment, businesses across all sectors (excluding agriculture, forestry and fisheries) can apply for grants from £1,000 up to £100,000 for eligible energy efficiency projects (the grant allocation for solar projects cannot exceed £50,000 of the £100,000 total grant value). Assessments will focus on existing processes or buildings.

Grants are awarded on a competitive and match-funded basis, meaning the business will need to provide at least 50% of the total cost of the project.

The grant can be used to fund a variety of business activities, including, but not limited to:

• lighting
• compressors
• insulation
• fast-shutting doors
• renewable technology
• heat recovery
• heaters and boilers
• energy efficiency equipment that leads to process improvements

If you would like to discuss the grant funding available to your business in more detail, please email: grants@worcestershire.gov.uk.  

To receive support through the programme, businesses must:

• be operating within Worcestershire and the Marches (Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin)
• have a minimum annual energy usage of 25,000kWh 

and be:

• a Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) operating for at least 12 months from a commercial or industrial address
• registered with a Company House Number for Limited Companies or a Company Registration Number (CRN) for CICs
• be below the Subsidy Control threshold of £315,000 over the previous three years, including the value of the support

Excluded sectors not eligible for support include:

• agriculture, forestry and fisheries

The definition of an SME is as follows:

• has fewer than 250 employees, and
• has either (a) an annual turnover not exceeding €50 million or (b) an annual balance sheet total not exceeding €43 million

Please note, assessments will focus on existing processes or buildings.

SMEs that have received a publicly funded energy assessment in the previous two years will not be eligible, unless there have been significant changes to the business since that time.

Please note: the only grant available in the Worcester City Council area is the Business Energy Advice Service (BEAS).

The pilot Business Energy Advice Service (BEAS) offers free energy assessments and grants funding to implement energy efficiency measures to small and medium-sized businesses in the West Midlands. The programme is funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.