UKSE

UKSE provides felxible finance (equity and loans) for startups, growth businesses and acquisitions.

• From: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
• Published: 5 November 2026

• Type of support: Equity and Loan
• Business stage: Not yet trading, Start-ups (1-2 years trading) and Established
• Industry: Agriculture and food, Business and finance, Construction, Education and Health
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  Hospitality and catering, IT, digital and creative, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Mining, Real estate and property, Science and technology, Service industries, Transport and distribution, Travel and leisure, Utilities providers, and Wholesale and retail
• Number of employees: 0 to 9 employees and 10 to 249 employees
• Region: East Midlands, North East, West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber

Who is it for

UKSE works exclusively with businesses in steel areas including:

• North England – Tees Valley, Derwentside, West Cumbria
• Yorkshire & Humber – South Yorkshire, Chesterfield & Worksop, Humberside
• The Midlands – Birmingham, The Black Country, Staffordshire, Coventry and Corby

They provide flexible finance opportunities in the form of equity or loans for startups, businesses looking to grow and acquisitions.

What can you get

• Equity Finance upto £1 millions
• Loans - Unsecured loans of upto 200K

Organiser

UKSE

on UKSE website