Finance and support for your business

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• Business Growth Grant Scheme - Mansfield

  Grant of up to £5,000 for established businesses based in North Yorkshire who 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 Innovation vouchers - Wales

  Innovation vouchers for designing, manufacturing and selling new products and services, and for information about funding

• Business Loan Fund - Gwynedd

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

• Business loan fund - Northern Ireland

  Provides unsecured loans to new and growing sole traders private companies and social enterprises

• 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 mentoring - Wales

  Business mentoring service for Welsh businesses

• Business performance assessment - Northern Ireland

  Online resource to assess how businesses in Northern Ireland are performing and how they can improve

• Business Solutions - South West England

  A range of business growth programmes support to help businesses start, succeed and grow

• Business start-up grant scheme - Mansfield

  Grant to fund new businesses in the Mansfield area

• Business start-up service - Wales

  Support for business start-ups or people planning to set up a business including one-to-one advice and business skills workshops

• Business start-up support

  Free business advice, workshops and support for new businesses or those wanting to grow in specific areas of Cheshire, Staffordshire and the Midlands.

• Business start-up support - North Tyneside

  Free start-up and ongoing support for businesses in North Tyneside

• Business start-up support programme - Cumbria

  Free business advice, support and training for new and existing businesses in North West of England

• Business support - Wales

  Business advice and financial assistance for businesses in Wales

• Business support - West Berkshire

  Planning, marketing strategy, investment and general guidance for businesses in or looking to relocate to West Berkshire

• Business Support and Development - Yorkshire and Humber

  Free and subsidised advice, seminars, networking and training for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in North Yorkshire

• Business support grant scheme - Tewkesbury Borough

  Grants, general advice and signposting service for businesses within the Tewkesbury borough

• Business Support Programme and Investment Grants - Coventry and Warwickshire

  Flexible support service for start-ups and established businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire

• Business support service - North East England

  Advice and loans for businesses based in the north east of England

• Business TimeBank - Bedfordshire

  Free specialist advice sessions for businesses in the central Bedfordshire area

• Causeway Enterprise Agency business support - Ballymoney

  Free advice to help you start and expand your business

• Central Procurement Directorate - Northern Ireland

  Advice, guidance and buying opportunities for private and public sector businesses in Northern Ireland

• Childcare business grants - England

  A grant for setting up a childminder business or agency

• City Business Library business information - London

  Free information, seminars and workshops to help start-up and growing businesses

• Civic Improvement Fund (ECIF) - Elmbridge

  Grant to funds projects that help the Elmbridge economy, including improving empty shop fronts

• Co-Fund NI business investment - Northern Ireland

  Equity investment for small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) in Northern Ireland

• Coaching and training - Northumberland

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

• Coast to Capital Expansion Loan Scheme - Surrey and Sussex

  Loans for established small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that need finance to grow

• Coast to Capital Growth Equity Fund - Surrey and Sussex

  Equity investment for small and medium-sized businesses in Surrey and Sussex

• Coed Cymru woodland grants - Wales

  Help, advice and training to promote the sustainable management of woodlands and use of local hardwood timber in Wales

• Collaborate for Growth

  Offers business support, funding and inward investment support for businesses in Leicester and Leicestershire who are looking to grow.

• College expertise for businesses - Newtownabbey and Moyle

  Business support, training, mentoring and consultancy provided by Northern Ireland’s regional colleges

• Community grant programme - Northern Ireland

  Halfiax Foundation to help businesses help with social and community welfare and education and gain access to training

• Community Toilet Grant Scheme - Anglesey

  Grant for businesses in Anglesey that open their toilets to the public

• CompeteFor contract service - UK

  Free support to help businesses compete for major public and private sector contracts

• Connected business support - Northern Ireland

  Support for businesses in Northern Ireland to help improve their competitiveness

• Conservation grant scheme - Howardian Hills

  Grants to help with community and rural conservation projects.

• Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) grants scheme - England

  Support and funding to help businesses increase their competitiveness in the construction sector

• Construction Skills Grant Scheme - Northern Ireland

  Grants to help train and develop construction industry workers in Northern Ireland

• Conwy Sustainable Resources Grant - Wales

  Grants for businesses in rural Conwy interested in using local sources of renewable energy

• Cookstown Enterprise Centre business support - Northern Ireland

  Administrative services for businesses in the Cookstown area that don't employ full-time office staff

• Corporate Health Standard - Wales

  Awards for public, private and third sector organisations in Wales that actively promote the health and well-being of their employees

• County council food scheme - Pembrokeshire

  Business support for new and existing food or hospitality businesses in the South West of Wales

• Craigavon grants and support - Northern Ireland

  Training, consultancy, business support, facilities and loans for businesses starting up or developing in Craigavon

• CSIT cyber security business support - UK

  Support for businesses to start, scale and engineer cyber security products

• CultureStep - Wales

  Funding for art and cultural projects in Wales