The Provence Promotion team is ready to meet with project managers, in complete confidentiality, in order to :

• Assist you in finding lands and premises for your project.
• Provide necessary advice and assistance during the different stages of a project, (application formalities, regulations, financing...).
• Provide economic data and general information regarding the Bouches-du- Rhône.
• Inform you about taxation and financial aids and incentives.
• Assist you in finding commercial, industrial and scientific partners.
• Help integrate your company and its employees into their new environment.

Provence Promotion has the support
of many prominent economic partners :

Ville de Marseille
Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône
Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Marseille Provence
Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie du Pays d'Arles
Communauté de Communes de Marseille Provence Métropole
Pays d'Aix Développement
Port Autonome de Marseille
Club Provence Logistique
Euroméditerranée
Industry Associations : U.I.C. (Union of the Chemical Industry), FRIAA (Regional Federation of Food Processing Industries) etc.
Syndicat d'Agglomération Nouvelle (S.A.N.) Istres, Fos, Miramas

The industrial sector PAT (Grants for land use planning).

The Regional Development Grant is an equipment subsidy provided by the State for businesses which carry out operations meeting specific requirements, mainly for industrial projects.

This subsidy is not often provided for logistics projects apart for them with important added value.

The investment plan must be greater than 15 million FF when it concerns starting or expanding a business, an internal reconversion or a takeover of a business in difficulty. The investment plan must also create more than 15 jobs.

The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is one of the EU's Structural Funds which co-finance actions to help reduce the gaps in socio-economic development between the various regions and Member States of the Union.

The ERDF's resources are mainly used to finance improvements in infrastructure, productive investment, local development, human resources and the environment. This grant can be often inplemented by local public grants, particulary for logistics projects.

Financial and usefull helps can also be obtained for specific subjects like : training of staff, export development, fundamental and apllied research, special equipements and so on.