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Apply for a Scale-up Worker visa if you’ve been offered a skilled job with a fast-growing UK employer - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
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British entrepreneurs, workers and communities will benefit from a sweeping package of growth measures, as the Government acts to invest in key growth sectors and slash red tape to help businesses scale up.
Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) work to explore the relationship between competition, investment and scale-ups in the UK.
Speech delivered by the Business Secretary, the RT Hon Peter Kyle, at the 2026 UK Trade and Export Finance Forum.
Britain’s leading founders – including CEOs from Huel and Moneybox – head to No10 to celebrate the government’s multi-billion-pound pro-growth business package.
This report details the findings from research into issues faced by scale-ups in accessing talent.
In a speech to top business leaders the Business Secretary will lay out how the Government’s Modern Industrial Strategy will double down on the UK’s world-leading strengths in 2026 and not only scale up businesses, but keep them anchored in...
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
The Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) supports the development and deployment of technologies that enable businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future.
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