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Summaries of local and national support, funding, events and networking.

SME Climate Hub

The SME Climate Hub is a global initiative that empowers small to medium sized companies to take climate action and build resilient businesses for the future.

Lincoln Be Smarter

Lincoln Be Smarter facilitates digitalisation for Lincoln-based SMEs as a way to help propel business growth and improve internal processes.

Tide

Tide offers a range of features, benefits, and support created especially for business owners.

Scale Up Programme - Innovate UK Business Growth

Support for high potential scaleup businesses.

Returnerships

A range of initiatives to help people over the age of 50 with the skills for a career change or to get back into work.

Start Up to Scale up

Start Up to Scale Up is a business support scheme targeted at established start ups with high growth potential

Worcester City Council Business Start Up Grant

Match-funded grants available for businesses in their first year of trading.

West Northamptonshire Rural Business Grant

The West Northamptonshire Rural Business Grant is a capital grants programme for rural businesses.

Zero Carbon Grant North West Leicestershire

Zero Carbon Grants of £50 to £500 for environmentally-focused community projects.

Digital Development Grant - Renfrewshire Council

The Digital Development Grant provides businesses located within Renfrewshire with financial support to assist them with the development and implementation of new digital systems

Skills Boost Worcestershire

SkillsBoost offers a financial grant to support upskilling of Worcestershire employers and employees.

Argyll and Bute Small Business Development Grant

Grants to support a range of business development including improvements in productivity, competitiveness, skills, growth, sustainability, resilience, profitability, innovation or net zero transition.

Business Development Grant - Bridgend County Council

The Business Development Grant will support SME's in Bridgend County Borough to diversify, decarbonise and grow which will contribute to creating a vibrant and strong local economy.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR)

Information from The Pensions Regulator on workplace pensions.

Let's Grow (Cannock Chase Council)

Grant funding available for eligible businesses in the Cannock Chase area.

Small Business Grant - North Yorkshire

Funding that aims to increase business growth, productivity, investment and sustainability in North Yorkshire

Business Development Grant – Derbyshire Dales

Businesses may be eligible for up to 50% grant funding via our Business Development Grants scheme.

Rural England Prosperity Fund - Dover

Fund is being used to introduce a new grant scheme for rural businesses and communities

Digital Enterprise - West Yorkshire

Business support programme helping businesses across West Yorkshire to grow and scale by investing in digital.

Mansfield Retail Grants

The vacant shops grant is open to independent retailers taking retail property that has been vacant for at least three months.

Rural England Prosperity Fund - Surrey

Businesses and charities in the rural areas of Waverley, and businesses charities and community groups in the rural areas of Guildford and Tandridge can apply for a Rural England Prosperity Fund grant

New Anglia Capital

New Anglia Capital supports businesses if they want to kick start a new product or idea.

Crawley Small Business Grant Scheme

Funding to support the creation of new businesses, grow existing businesses and create jobs in Crawley.

Swansea Council Website Development Grant

A grant with the objective of adopting a new technology through online/website development.

Amazon Small Business Accelerator

The upgraded Accelerator is now available on Amazon and offers a suite of free-to-use resources for all startups, entrepreneurs and small or medium-sized businesses.

Prototype Fund

West Devon Community Project Grants

Funding towards community projects in West Devon.

Digital Boost Programme Mid & East Antrim

If you are a business based in Mid & East Antrim and looking to develop your digital reach or products and services get in touch with the Digital Boost Programme.

Skills Development - Invest NI

The skills development program will help you improve your skills so your company grows. It offers financial support for training activities to Invest NI customers.

Skills Advancement Grant - Invest NI

Grants, workshops and 1:1 advice to identify and overcome skills needs for your business.

Scottish Venture Fund - Scottish Enterprise

Equity funding for businesses in Scotland to develop products and/or move into new markets.

Falkirk Council Business Resilience Fund

Grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 are available to support 50% of eligible expenditure (minimum project spend is £2,000).

Enterprise Investment Fund

Grant funding for premises improvement that helps fast-track your growth plans or improves your long-term profitability.

Blaenau Gwent Kick Start Plus

The Blaenau Gwent Kick Start Plus grant is aimed at supporting new businesses from 6 months up to 3 years old, to help them develop and expand.

Swansea Council Pre-Start Grant

This grant is available to pre-start businesses only and can fund costs including but not limited to equipment, training, accreditation and marketing.

Swansea Council Carbon Reduction Grant

Grant funding to support businesses in Swansea to work towards net zero.

Propertymark (formerly ARLA)

Membership organisation for those working in the property letting and sales sectors.

UK Learning Station

UK Leaning Station offer a wide range of courses for individuals.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)

Grant funding and support available to work in partnership with a research organisation and newly-qualified graduate.

Ashford Rural Energy Transition Grants

Grants towards the installation of energy efficiency measures.

Apprenticeship Wage Subsidy Scheme

A wage subsidy scheme is available to hire an apprentice in North Yorkshire

The New Forest Rural Fund for Businesses

Grants of £5,000 - £40,000 are available.

Runnymede Business Boost

Programme of support and funding for businesses in Runnymede.

CommLaw Legal Clinic (University of Sheffield)

CommLaw is a student-led pro bono project which prepares and delivers free commercial legal advice.

South Staffordshire Rural England Prosperity Fund

Capital funding to help small business growth, community projects and farm diversification in South Staffordshire.

Staffordshire Moorlands SME Innovation grant

Funding for businesses looking to innovate.

Winchester Rural England Prosperity Fund

Grant funding available for Rural businesses in Winchester.

Wychavon Business Growth Grant

Grant funding available to help your business grow.

Made Smarter Adoption West Midlands

Made Smarter is a programme for manufacturing companies in the West Midlands area of England.

West Midlands Co-Investment Fund

Equity investment funding for businesses in the Birmingham, The Black Country, or Coventry areas of West Midlands

Made Smarter Adoption - Yorkshire and the Humber

Made Smarter is a programme for manufacturing companies in the Yorkshire and Humber area of England.

Mansfield District Council - Business Start-Up Grant Scheme

Mansfield council offers businesses grants to start up in business in the area.

Elmbridge Business Boost Grants

Offers money to Elmbridge businesses to bring premises back into use and help attract more people to the local area to help boost the local economy.

Premises Improvement Grants - Pendle Borough Council

Offers businesses grants for shop front improvements across Pendle Town Centres.

Business BOOST Programme

Business advice and grant funding for North Devon and Torridge

Repurposing our High Streets Grant scheme

The Repurposing our High Streets grant scheme is aimed at supporting businesses and organisations to take on empty premises in Crewe Town Centre.

Made Smarter - West of England

Made Smarter is a programme for manufacturing companies in the West of England area.

Made Smarter Adoption - North West

Made Smarter is a programme for manufacturing companies in the North West of England.

Energising Small Business grant scheme - Islington Council

Grant funding to help local organisations improve their environmental performance and reduce their operating costs.

Acumen - InterTradeIreland

The Acumen programme aims to enhance the capacity and capability of SMEs to take the first formal steps onto the export ladder by helping to fund an experienced and skilled sales resource.

Rural England Prosperity Fund - West Yorkshire

Grants are available. Grant support of between £10,000 and £50,000 is available for eligible projects at intervention rates ranging from 40% to 100%, depending on the nature of the project.

Vision Derbyshire Business Support Scheme

Business Start-Up and Business Support Grant Scheme available to those who live in Derbyshire.

East Ayrshire Net Zero Support grant

A grant intended to help businesses in their transition to net zero carbon emissions

Business Resilience Grant: Renfrewshire

50% match-funded grant from £1,000 up to £10,000

New Business Start Up Grant - Orkney Islands Council

The aim of the Business Start up Grant is to increase the survival rates of new businesses.

Energy Efficiency Fund Falkirk

Grants to help businesses meet their net zero targets. The fund can provide up to 50% grant support (up to £10,000 to support businesses make energy changes to business premises and operations.

Business Growth Fund (BGF) - North Lanarkshire Council

The BGF scheme can contribute towards project-related costs associated with capital expenditure, infrastructure improvements, training, consultancy, and attending trade shows/exhibitions.

Business Feasibility Grant - Bridgend County Borough Council

The Business Feasibility Grant is to support businesses to explore feasibility of longer-term options to diversify, decarbonise and grow.

Cardiff Growth Fund

The (Shared Prosperity Fund) SPF Cardiff Growth Fund will support businesses to relaunch, develop and grow.

Flexible Finance Fund

4m of funding and support to 15-25 Black and Racially Minoritised charities and social enterprises in England with a material package of funding and support

Coventry Business Support Programme

A business support programme targeted at helping businesses with growth potential.

The Net Zero Grant Programme (NZGP)

Support for businesses to purchase assets that will help them to become more efficient and cost effective.

Ashford Rural Energy Efficiency Grant

Grants towards the installation of energy efficiency measures.

Business Productivity & Digitisation Grant – Business Doncaster

Grants will be offered to help fund solutions for SMEs that will provide significant business benefit and growth.

Business Enterprise Fund - Herefordshire

A grant for businesses in Herefordshire.

The North Norfolk Rural Business and Communities Grant

Funding opportunities for rural businesses and community groups in North Norfolk.

Staffordshire Moorlands High Street Improvements grant

Funding for businesses located in high street premises.

Green Solutions - Staffordshire County Council

Is your business looking for support on how to reduce your costs and become greener?

Test Valley Rural England Prosperity Fund

Grants for capital projects for rural businesses in Test Valley.
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