Finance and support for your business

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

Provides free business development support and guidance.

Advice on good practice in employment and employment relations.

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

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

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

Advice, workshops and loans for those looking to start a business and businesses trading less than 2 years in Norfolk, Suffolk and London.

1:1 advice, signposting, start-up services, training and premises.

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

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

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

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

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

A programme offering grants, free 1-2-1 business advice and skills training to anyone thinking of starting a business in Central Bedfordshire

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

Tailored one to one advice and training for businesses in the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley to develop and grow online.

The King's Trust helps young people aged 18 to 30 years who want to set up their own business in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Advice and guidance for people starting or growing a business

Supports SMEs with the adoption of environmental technologies and resource efficiency processes to improve business competitiveness.

A range of support for businesses in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

Help for Worcestershire businesses to find supply chain opportunities.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Information, seminars and workshops to help start-up and growing businesses.

Workspace with on-site business support in Weston-super-Mare.

Growth support for scale-up businesses

Supports access to loans and other trade finance facilities for businesses that sell internationally via government guarantees.

Fully-funded specialist Net Zero support for businesses with ambitions to reach net zero. Offering free 1-2-1 advice, skills and support.

Fully-funded Net Zero support for businesses, aimed at reducing Co2 emissions. Free 1-2-1 advice, support & training towards net zero.

Fully-funded Net Zero support, 1-2-1 advice and training for businesses, aimed at reducing Co2 emissions as part of the Watford De-carbonisation project