Step 3: Finalise your project
Now that you’ve found the ideal site and are pursuing your business development project in Hauts-de-France, your Nord France Invest adviser can save even more of your valuable time.
Now that you’ve found the ideal site and are pursuing your business development project in Hauts-de-France, your Nord France Invest adviser can save even more of your valuable time.
We offer you and your project our financing expertise: we apply for available government assistance on your behalf and introduce you to our financial partners. Through our network, we can also speed up some administrative formalities, including issuance of building permits and other authorisations. And we facilitate your ties with local authorities.
Optimised financial engineering
Financing is the backbone of any new venture. And since each investment is different, a customised approach is the only way to go—solutions tailored to your specific needs.
We know your time is valuable. To make the best use of it, we analyse needs specific to your project and your business plan, then identify available public aid and support mechanisms for which you’re eligible.
Since prerequisites and eligibility vary from one programme to the next, finding the right ones for you is an on-going process. But we can leverage our familiarity with the French economy and administration and our ties with regional and state authorities to help you identify sources of funding for your project.

Close-up: government assistance for
setting up in France
France offers businesses a wide range of government assistance and support programmes at different levels:
- Regional authorities
- Groups of municipalities
- the French State
- Europe
- and more
Eligibility varies depending on the nature of your business and your project:
- creation, expansion or acquisition
- number of jobs created
- innovative nature of project
- and more
Finally, support can take many different forms:
- subsidies
- tax exemptions
- exemptions from employers’ social security contributions
- subsidised, low- or zero-interest loans
- extended loan maturities
- tax creditsfunding for employee training
Facilitate paperwork
Obtaining permits and authorisations can be time-consuming and delay your launch. Thanks to our powerful network and deep knowledge of French institutions and administrative processes, we can guarantee that you’ll receive the papers you need in the shortest possible time:
- visas
- electing your legal form
- company registration, with entry in the commercial register of businesses
- permit applications
- and more
Example of Amazon in Douai
95,000 sqm warehouse (open in Sept. 2013)
21/09/2012
Filing the building permit
03/12/2012
Building permit obtaining
03/10/2013
Delivery of the building
