Accreditations Grant Scheme

Cyngor Gwynedd is keen to assist small and medium sized businesses located in Gwynedd to achieve accreditations which set recognised specifications for products, services and systems, to ensure quality, safety and efficiency.  

Examples are ISO accreditations such as ISO9001 which specifies requirements for a quality management system and ISO14001 which specifies requirements for an environmental management system. 

However, we are happy to consider any accreditation that assists you in improving and proving the quality of your product or service to give confidence to your customers. 

A grant scheme is available which contributes towards the costs of a consultant to work with businesses in order to achieve the necessary standard for certification. The cost of the actual certification is not included in the scheme. 

The objective is to make businesses more efficient and effective in supplying quality goods and services leading to increased competitiveness and placing businesses in a better position to respond to tendering opportunities with Cyngor Gwynedd, other local authorities, government organisations and the private sector. 

Many benefits have been noted by businesses as a result of achieving quality accreditations but the cost and commitment needs to be balanced against the anticipated benefits. The assistance is therefore targeted at businesses which have the aspiration and capacity for growth. 

We are unable to contribute to accreditations essential to operate in your area of business, e.g. statutory registrations. 

For further information, contact the Cyngor Gwynedd Business Support Service

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