In today’s competitive environment a business cannot survive without keeping abreast of the latest trends and ahead of its competitors. A variety of incentives and advisory services to support enterprises in their continuous development are available to cover initiatives in employment, sustainability, innovation, e-business and capital investment.
Invest & Grow
In today’s highly competitive markets, businesses should work towards expanding and diversifying their activities in order to remain ahead of competitors.
Whether you are a micro enterprise, an SME or a large enterprise, you may qualify for fiscal and financial assistance on investments in tangible and intangible assets, employment and creative activities.
Available incentives
Investment Tax Credits
Tax credits to support investment and job creation, focusing on attracting new investment projects and promoting expansion or diversification of existing enterprises.
MicroInvest
Tax credits to support micro enterprises (employing less than 10) and the self-employed invest in their business, innovate, expand, implement compliance directives and/or develop their operations.
CREATE
Tax credits to support creative businesses whose economic performance is directly linked to the creative talent of those involved in the business. Further support is available to help the development of creative communities in artistic zones.
Access to Finance
Financial assistance in the form of soft loans, guarantees and interest subsidies mainly targeted to support new investment projects.
Business Advisory Services
Subsidised consultancy to support a business’s particular needs for development.
Become More Sustainable
Having a sustainable business is presently one of the greatest challenges facing the business world; one we must rise to and win. While we still need economic growth, we also need to measure the social, environmental and financial result of any activity to be undertaken.
In order to integrate these factors, Malta Enterprise provides incentives to incorporate sustainable practices into the day-to-day running of the business. Improved environmental performance leads to enhanced resource efficiency and direct cost savings.
Available incentives
ERDF Environment Actions
Supporting SMEs implementing eco-innovation projects that contribute to environmental sustainability by addressing issues such as water and air quality; waste streams; and resource utilisation.
MicroInvest
Tax credits to support micro enterprises (employing less than 10) and the self-employed invest in their business, innovate, expand, implement compliance directives and/or develop their operations.
Business Advisory Services
Subsidised consultancy to support a business’s particular needs for development.
Innovate
Innovation leads to faster growth, increased market share, better corporate positioning and is essential towards economic growth. Innovation drives growth and opportunity in new markets and breathes life into a mature industry. Malta Enterprise provides support for companies to develop new technologies and processes that will lead to job creation, increased market share and access to new markets.
Available incentives
ERDF Innovation Actions
Financial assistance to help SMEs meet today’s business challenges by stimulating short to medium term projects that result in product, service, process or organizational innovation.
Loan of Highly Qualified Experts
SMEs can benefit from the temporary engagement of highly qualified experts to work on innovative projects. This incentives makes available part financing of the costs directly related to the secondment of such personnel, seconded from a research organisation or large enterprise.
Preparatory Technical Feasibility Studies
Since highly innovative initiatives are associated with high risk enterprises may opt to undertake technical feasibility studies to determine that the proposed project is based on sound principals. This incentive supports in carrying out such studies.
MicroInvest
Tax credits to support micro enterprises (employing less than 10) and the self-employed invest in their business, innovate, expand, implement compliance directives and/or develop their operations.
Exploratory Award
Cash grants to help SMEs develop project proposals for submission to the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP).
Business Advisory Services
Subsidised consultancy to support a business’s particular needs for development.