{"id":1258,"date":"2019-08-19T11:30:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T10:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fastformsystems.com\/uk\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2020-02-28T11:26:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T11:26:25","slug":"it-starts-with-a-spark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fastformsystems.com\/ar\/2019\/08\/19\/it-starts-with-a-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"It starts with a Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><em>\u201c The funding has given us an 18 month head start on our R&amp;D, resulting in new jobs.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We applied for the SparkFund Low Carbon R&amp;D grant for our unique doorway form system. We specialise in form work systems which hold concrete in place, and we manufacture, sell and rent those systems around the world.<br \/>\nThe support and funding we\u2019ve received from SparkFund has helped us increase staffing levels with the expectation of increased revenue and profits for the business in the near future. The funding has given us about an 18 month head start on where we would have been if we hadn\u2019t had the grant available.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re an ambitious SME based in the Humber, York and North Yorkshire region, looking to invest in your business then SparkFund have a range of match-funding grants. Contact them directly at spark-fund.co.uk and watch my video for the full story.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fast-Form Systems LTD - SparkFund Low Carbon R&amp;D grant\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ceI5vZ-ZzZw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c The funding has given us an 18 month head start on our R&amp;D, resulting in new jobs.\u201d We applied for the SparkFund Low Carbon R&amp;D grant for our unique doorway form system. We specialise in form work systems which hold concrete in place, and we manufacture, sell and rent those systems around the world. The support and funding we\u2019ve received from SparkFund has helped &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fastformsystems.com\/ar\/2019\/08\/19\/it-starts-with-a-spark\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It starts with a Spark<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fast-form"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>It starts with a Spark - Fast Form Systems<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fastformsystems.com\/ar\/2019\/08\/19\/it-starts-with-a-spark\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It starts with a Spark - Fast Form Systems\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201c The funding has given us an 18 month head start on our R&amp;D, resulting in new jobs.\u201d We applied for the SparkFund Low Carbon R&amp;D grant for our unique doorway form system. 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