such persons may receive a onetimeonly pfron loan for the start up of a new business or secure cofinancing to the level of of the interest on bank credit for continuation of a business if they have not taken advantage of a startup loan from pfron or from the labour fund the person may also apply to pfron for reimbursement of a part of compulsory social insurance contributions the programme is delivered through the network of local employment offices pups these local offices offer training on how to start a business on the regulatory procedures and on the business planning process as well as deliver a startup grant scheme for unemployed people made available through the labour fund recipients of these startup funds have to run their enterprise for at least a year as a condition of funding otherwise the grant must be repaid