Finance and support for your business

A learning and development agency, empowering enterprise skills and entrepreneurship in collaboration with government, employers, education and community organisations.

Fully-funded workshops and 1:1 advice to help businesses successfully bid for contracts with Tier 1 suppliers.

Funding to be used towards a variety of business start up activates including: research and development, installing clean technologies, premises, equipment and product/service launch.

Funding, technical and business expertise, networks and partnerships for businesses who are looking to develop a space-based service.

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

Fully-funded specialist support to enable early stage businesses to grow. Offering free 1-2-1 advice, skills and support to scale up.

Get Funded is a fully funded programme designed to help SMEs in York & North Yorkshire understand their funding options, strengthen financial planning, and prepare compelling applications that win investment.

Free, expert-led support for Staffordshire businesses under 5 years old.

Grant contribution to pay towards upgrading business broadband to a high-speed capable connection.

A fully funded innovation support programme, with access to innovation grants of up to £60,000.

The Growth Guarantee Scheme is a government-backed scheme designed to support access to finance for UK businesses as they look to invest and grow.

A range of grant funds are available from £300 - £5,000 for not-for-profit community charities and voluntary groups in Buckinghamshire.

Training to help SME business leaders to increase productivity, seize investment opportunities and grow their business.

Funding to help restore neglected historic buildings and sites and unlock their economic potential.

A part-funded research, development and innovation project supporting businesses to explore new creative technologies.

Funding for research or innovation that's ground breaking, improves European research standards or responds to challenges like climate change or food security.

HSE is a national regulator and government department that supports employers, businesses and employees.

Supports innovative UK businesses to realise the potential of new technologies, develop ideas and make them a commercial success.

Expert advice for businesses looking to commercialise new ideas and succeed in international markets

The Invest in Fylde website showcases all there is to offer to businesses in Fylde.

Free support for businesses looking to expand or re-locate in Manchester.

Support for businesses looking to relocate or expand in the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire area.

Loans and grants to support private sector businesses across the East Midlands to innovate, grow and create jobs.

Finance to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the North West, Yorkshire, the Humber and Tees Valley

Advice, support and financial assistance for new businesses, existing businesses and inward investors in Sefton.

Grants and loans for social enterprises in the North and the Midlands.

A free-to-access short online programme to help you start a business or become self-employed in England.

Providing fee free, Interest subsidised loans up to £1m, this fund can provide up to 50% of eligible capital expenditure repayable over a maximum 5 year term.

A programme to help businesses overcome the challenges of renting commercial property

Free support to help SMEs and community groups in the Dorset Council area reduce their carbon emissions, improve energy efficiency and install renewable energy measures

Low Carbon Kent is a network of businesses tackling and adapting to climate change. They aim to reduce costs by cutting emissions and promote the opportunities of the low carbon market and circular economy.

Support and potential grants to help manufacturing SMEs adopt Industrial Digital Technologies (IDT) to enable their development and growth.

Finance for SMEs in the UK with no fixed payments, fixed terms or security required. The advance is repaid as a percentage of future card sales.

Part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund II, flexible loans to SMEs looking to grow and help drive their expansion plans across the Midlands Engine area.

Grant funding opportunity for businesses in who need external expertise to help them to grow.

A searchable database that can help you find publicly-funded sources of business assistance that you may be eligible to apply for.

Innovation grant scheme to support business growth, encourage inward investment, and drive productivity through innovation.

Peer Networks is a programme for businesses that want to grow and develop their organisation for future success.

Grants of up to £3,000 (50% of costs) for shop front improvements across Pendle Town Centres are available. Any businesses, new or existing within a Pendle Town Centre could be eligible for funding.

Mentoring, start-up business courses and support schemes for businesses based in the North East of England

Intellectual Property support and guidance for Portsmouth businesses.

Loans of between £50,000 and £400,000, for projects such as premises refurbishment, building works and equipment purchases that will lead to increased productivity, job creation and business growth.

Loans to finance growth for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the east of England.

Grants for the repair and conservation of historic buildings, monuments and landscapes.

Loans, support and advice for Lancashire businesses.

A support programme for ambitious small businesses with potential for high growth in Norfolk and Suffolk

Business advice and subsidised training for businesses in Kensington and Chelsea.

Shaw Trust is a national charity that supports disabled and disadvantaged people to prepare for work, find jobs and live more independently.

Funding for charitable activity in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, County Durham and Hartlepool.

Advice and support on funding for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Devon and Somerset.