Innovate UK Business Growth

Are you an established business looking to grow through innovation? 

Scale Up Programme - Innovate UK Business Growth

Support for high potential scaleup businesses.

HMRC - HM Revenue & Customs - The Growth Support Service

A support service to help businesses experiencing certain types of growth understand to understand tax changes.

Clean Growth UK

A university-based network, aimed at helping businesses bring new products to market faster, decarbonise their business, and hone their commercial skills.

Create Growth Programmes

High-growth SME businesses in creative sector industries can access between £10,000 - £30,000 for innovation projects that will lead to growth and help them reach their full potential.  

Growth Impact Fund

Social investment funding for organisations with growth, improved equality and diversity goals.

Creative Growth Finance Debt Fund

Offer loans to creative companies that are looking to grow.

Barclays Eagle Labs

A range of programmes and support services for entrepreneurs and scale-ups across the UK.

Digital Catapult

The Digital Catapult assists in connecting technology businesses, investors, government and public sector and research/academia.

YFM Equity Partners

Equity investment for early-stage small businesses with growth potential.

Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP)

Are you looking to expand into new markets to accelerate business growth?

Be the Business - Free Online Support

Are you looking for free business support, information and guidance?

Global Incubator Programme

Are you looking to explore the potential of overseas markets in order to grow your business?

Advancing Black Pathways – JP Morgan Chase & Co.

The initiative offers Black entrepreneurs support in growing their businesses through access to business education and coaching.

Business Finance Guide

The Business Finance Guide provides businesses with information on the finance options that are available to them throughout their business finance journey.

British Business Bank - Programmes for Scale-up

British Business Bank can point businesses in the right direction when it comes to rapid scale-up plans.

NatWest Accelerator

The Entrepreneur Accelerator programme offers a range of support for start-up businesses.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - International Market Guides

Guides to exporting in specific countries.

Iwoca

Iwoca offers business loans to all stages of business including those not yet trading.

ScaleUp Institute

The ScaleUp Institute is a private sector, not-for-profit company focused on making the UK the best place in the world to scale up a business.

Help to Grow Management

A support programme available to eligible businesses who are looking to grow.

Mouro Capital

Mouro Capital is a venture capital firm investing in the future of financial services.

Open To Export - Export Bootcamp

Export Bootcamp to learn the essentials of international trade in bite-size webinars.

What are the benefits of employee ownership?

Read on to find out the main benefits of a business being employee owned.

ECF - Enterprise Capital Funds

Enterprise Capital Funds (ECFs) bring together private and public money to make investments in high growth businesses.

Finance Hub

An online hub to help businesses find the right finance programme for their business.

British International Investment - The UK's Development Finance Institution (DFI)

Information about British International Investment, which supports companies that help to develop and emerging countries grow.

BGF

BGF can provide the know-how, connections and capital you need to grow your business.

Tide

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

Supplying the NHS

A portal for business contract tendering opportunities with the NHS.

London Stock Exchange – AIM Programme

AIM helps founders and entrepreneurs fulfil their growth ambitions and potential.

IAB - Internet Advertising Bureau

The industry body for digital advertising who provide information, training and more.

BFA - British Franchise Association

British Franchise Association (BFA) is the original and largest not-for-profit trade association for franchising in the UK.

UnLtd - Growing your social business

Funding and support on offer to social entrepreneurs looking to grow their social enterprise.

Resonance Social Impact Investment Funds

Investment opportunities for the community/voluntary sector.

Catapult Centres

The Catapult Centres Network is comprised of nine centres with a national presence that span over 40 locations.

Innovate

Innovate has been developed by the FCA to foster competition and growth in financial services by supporting both small and large businesses to develop products.

Hatch Enterprise

A source of business support for underrepresented entrepreneurs.

High Value Manufacturing

The High Value Manufacturing Catapult can help you design, develop and deliver your innovation.

10,000 Small Businesses Programme - Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs Small Business Programme helps entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunities by providing access to education and business support.

Maven Capital Partners

Are you looking for capital investment funding solutions to help your business to grow?

Non-Executive Directors (NED)

Information on Non-Executive Directors and what Non-Executive Directors can bring to your business.

What is Employee ownership and when should you consider it for your business?

More information on Employee ownership.

Scottish Development International - Invest and Trade Scotland

Are you looking for support to set up and grow your business in Scotland?

The Farming Innovation Programme

 The Farming Innovation Programme funds projects that benefit farmers, growers and foresters in England.

OpenLearn

Free business-related courses offered by the Open University.

Startups.co.uk

Online resource for people starting and growing a business.

Investment Zones

Plans for new zones to be created across the UK to form form knowledge-intensive growth clusters for business and research.

Century Business Finance

Century Business Finance specialise in providing business finance with speedy decision making and no hidden fees.

Asset Finance Guide

The Asset Finance Guide from British Business Bank sets out the benefits of asset finance to help business owners decide if this type of finance can help them achieve their growth plans.

Satellite Applications

The Satellite Applications Catapult aims to help UK businesses develop new satellite-based products and services.

NESTA

NESTA is an innovation charity with a mission to help people and organisations bring great ideas to life.

Heritage Enterprise Programme

The Heritage Enterprise programme is for community projects that are looking to grow by investing in neglected historic buildings and bringing them back into use.

Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI)

Support for businesses to provide innovative technology solutions.

The Chartered Institute Of Marketing

The Chartered Institute Of Marketing is a professional marketing body who seek to assist both individuals and businesses.

Open To Export

Open to Export is a not for profit social enterprise dedicated to helping UK companies grow through export.

Open To Export - Getting Started

Information and guidance on starting to export for the first time.

Step By Step Guides To Exporting

Step by step guides to using if you are thinking about exporting. These include Reaching customers and Pricing and getting paid.

International Trade Guides

Doing Business Guides' are designed to advise and assist UK companies when looking to trade with and invest in opportunity-rich overseas markets.

Open To Export - Export Action Plan

Free and easy to use online planning tool for small businesses planning to sell overseas.

UKRI Funding Guide

Information and funding finder tools showing a range of funding options from research organisations.

Barcodes

Information about adding barcodes to goods.

Time Finance

Specialist funding provider for the UK business market.

Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is the UK’s leading technology innovation and research centre for offshore renewable energy.

National Careers Service - Skills Toolkit

The National Careers Service has created a finder tool to help you source free skills training.

Events and networking groups in West Suffolk

Organisations that help businesses to find events and networking groups.

British Standards Institution - (BSI)

BSI enables people and organisations to improve their performance and comply with regulations.

Federation of Master Builders

Are you a business operating in the building trade?

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.

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Provides services to British businesses overseas through a global network of embassies.

National Network of Business & IP Centres (BIPC)

A network of Business and Intellectual Property Centres around the country, for businesses to access intellectual property advice. Many also offer general business support too.

Pension Services

An overview of the services available that offer information and guidance on workplace and personal pensions.

UnLtd - Support for Social Entrepreneurs

Support available to social enterprises including online resources, mentoring, network events and more.

East Suffolk Council

A summary of what information, guidance and support is offered to businesses by the local council.

Making Business Finance Work for You guide

Catapult Centres

A network of centres providing business support to help develop innovative ideas and drive future economic growth.

Innovation Launchpads

Regional innovation clusters focussing on different sectors designed to help businesses to innovate and grow.

Events and networking groups in East Suffolk (Formerly Waveney)

Organisations that help businesses to find Events and Networking groups.

Events and networking groups in West Northamptonshire (formerly Northampton)

Organisations that help businesses to find events and networking groups.

Business Angel Co Investment Fund

Business Angel Co Investment Fund was created with a grant from the Regional Growth Fund. It invests alongside business angel syndicates from across the UK.