Achilles as SME portfolio registered service provider
As a client of Achilles Design, and if you qualify as an SME and engage Achilles Design for projects that focus on advice provision, you can apply for a subsidy via the SME portfolio. This means you can get governmental financial support that can go up to 30% subsidization.
To be able to claim this support, your SME should measure up to the following:
- SME or practitioner of a liberal profession
- SME has an acceptable legal form
- SME is situated in the Flemish region
- SME is active in the private sector. Participation of the administrative government is less than 25 procent.
- SME has an acceptable main activity
The aid rate depends on the size of the SME:
- Small businesses (< 50 FTE’s and revenue < of = 10 mln)
- Yearly subsidy of max 500 euro
- Aid rate of 30%
- Medium sized businesses (< 250 FTE’s and revenue < of = 50 mln)
- Yearly subsidy of max 500 euro
- Aid rate of 20%
Achilles is certified for "advice" via approval number DV.A233696
- You sign an advice agreement with Achilles Design, and you send the signed quote to Achilles Design
- You submit the grant application via this website, at the latest 14 days after the start of the project: https://authenticatie.vlaanderen.be/stb/html/ssologin
- You transfer your own contribution to the SME portfolio account of Sodexo incl. the full VAT
- Agency Innovation & Entrepreneurship also deposits your subsidy into this account.
- Achilles Design starts the project and provides the advice.
- You receive the invoice from Achilles Design and pay online via the SME portfolio.
- In addition to an oral evaluation, you complete our short project evaluation form.