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• From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

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• Apply for a Start Up Loan for your business

• Access to finance - Greater Manchester and Lancashire

  Access to finance is a scheme for businesses who need help raising finance for growth.

• AD:VENTURE - Leeds City Region

  Provides free business development support and guidance.

• Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative - West Midlands and Liverpool

  Loan and grant fund to support automotive and aerospace projects in the West Midlands and Liverpool.

• Advice for new and existing businesses - Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire

  Advice and support for businesses in southern England.

• Advice for start-ups - Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire

  Business advice and support for individuals starting a business.

• Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) - UK

  Advice on good practice in employment and employment relations.

• Agri-tech Cornwall - Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

  Grants and support to increase research, development and innovation in agritech.

• ART Business Loans - West Midlands

  Loans for new and existing small businesses to create and safeguard jobs in the West Midlands

• Arts University Bournemouth Innovation Vouchers

  Vouchers to access external expertise, facilities and equipment to help your business innovate and grow.

• Barking Enterprise Centres - London

  Free support, help with finance and low-cost flexible workspace for new and existing small or medium businesses in Barking and Dagenham.

• BCRS Business Loans - West Midlands

  Loans to help small and medium-sized businesses develop and grow.

• Be inspired at Staffordshire University

  Offers free support and guidance for graduates of any university in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to start a business.

• Better Broadband Subsidy Scheme - UK

  Subsidised broadband installation for businesses that can't access an affordable broadband service with a speed of at least 2MB per second.

• Better Business Finance - UK

  Free, quick and easy access to a directory of approved finance suppliers for UK businesses.

• Big Issue Invest - UK

  Big Issue Invest helps social enterprises and charities by providing loans and investments.

• Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) – Yorkshire

  Support for scientists and business specialists to solve a process, material, or product development challenge.

• Boost Business - Lancashire

  Advice and support for businesses across Lancashire: including coaching, mentoring, skills training, funding and start-up support.

• Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme - Cardiff and Swansea

  Business grants to install high speed broadband connections directly to a premises in Cardiff and Swansea

• Buckinghamshire Business Growth Grants

  Grant funding to the value of £1,000 available to invest in projects that will help grow your business.

• Buckinghamshire Business Growth Programme

  Free business support and advice tailored to your business needs.

• Building Enhancement Programme - Swansea

  Grants to help Swansea City centre businesses improve their shopfronts or building facades

• Building Legacies - London

  An enterprise growth and procurement support programme for London-based businesses.

• Built Environment Climate Change Innovations - West Midlands

  Free support for small and medium-sized businesses in the development of products and services that reduce carbon usage.

• Business advice - Oxfordshire

  Free one to one advice for pre-start and new businesses based in the South East of England

• Business advice and masterclasses - East of England

  Advice, workshops, loans and innovation grant services for start-up and trading businesses in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk

• Business advice and support - South East England

  Free advice, planning and on-going support for business start-ups in south-east England

• Business advice service - Newport

  Advice on topics like licensing, finances, recruitment and development for new and established businesses based in Wales

• Business advice, training and support services - North Somerset

  Information, advice, training and support for businesses based in North Somerset

• Business advisers and start-up services - Colchester

  Start-up advice and support for businesses in Essex

• Business and Intellectual Property Centre - British Library London

  Advice, databases, publications and workshops for business owners, innovators and entrepreneurs who want to grow.

• Business Assist - The Midlands

  One-to-one advisory sessions and specialised workshops available for businesses in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Greater Lincolnshire.

• Business Cash Advance - UK

  Alternative financing for UK small business owners.

• Business centres - East Riding of Yorkshire

  One-to-one and online business advice from 6 business centres on starting, growing or relocating your business in East Riding.

• Business Compass Start Up programme - Tees Valley

  Business planning, sales, marketing and social media workshops and advice for Tees Valley residents thinking of starting a business.

• Business Continuity Forum - Manchester

  Increases awareness of business continuity management in Manchester's business and voluntary sector.

• Business Development Grant - Caerphilly

  Start-up and development grants for businesses in Wales.

• Business Development Grant Scheme – Scarborough Borough

  Grants to help start-up and established small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in North Yorkshire to grow.

• Business Energy Efficiency Programme - West Midlands

  Energy reviews and grants to help businesses in the West Midlands manage and reduce energy costs.

• Business Enterprise fund - North East England

  Financial support for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Yorkshire and the North East.

• Business Finance Solutions - North West England

  Start-up loans and equity investment for small or medium-sized businesses (SMEs) based in Greater Manchester.

• Business Grants - Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough

  Grants to support capital investment projects in the East of England.

• Business growth - Calderdale

  Supports West Yorkshire businesses that are aspiring to grow, become more competitive or develop new products and services.

• Business Growth Grant Scheme - Mansfield

  Grants for established businesses in Mansfield that can produce a growth plan leading to job creation.

• Business Growth Hub and Rural Growth Network - Cumbria

  Advice and training for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Cumbria.

• Business Growth Loans - Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Essex and Hampshire

  Business loans for companies that can't get funding from banks and other mainstream providers.

• Business Growth Programme - Birmingham

  Grant support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) ready to invest, grow and create jobs across 3 local enterprise partnership areas

• Business Loan Fund - Gwynedd

  Loan fund to establish or develop small and medium-sized businesses in Wales.

• Business loan scheme (CWRT) - Coventry and Warwickshire

  Loans for companies in Coventry and Warwickshire that can’t get finance from mainstream lenders

• Business loans, grants and funding - Scotland

  Finder to help businesses based in Scotland find funding from private and public organisations.

• Business Northumberland

  Coaching, one-to-one advice and classes to help businesses with growth potential attract investment and increase sales.