A-Z Online listings of Finance and support for your business

• ApprenticeshipsNI

  Training programme for young people aged 16 and over

• Bridge to Employment – Northern Ireland

  Tailored recruitment and training programmes designed for employers

• Employer Recruitment Incentive – Scotland

  Cash for Scottish businesses to offset wages in the early stages of recruitment

• Finance for Business North East

  7 investment funds for fast growing businesses in the north-east of England

• Flexible training opportunities

  Up to £5,000 towards employee training costs

• Innovation Voucher Scheme – Scotland

  Research cost awards for joint projects between small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and higher education institutions (HEIs) in Scotland to create new products, services and processes that benefit the business, the institution and the economy.

• Invest NI Innovation Voucher Initiative – Northern Ireland

  Voucher scheme for Small and medium-sized enterprises to access expertise from public sector Knowledge Providers to solve a business issue.

• Invest Northern Ireland start-up advice

  Advice and support on starting a business in Northern Ireland

• Management and Leadership Development Programme – Northern Ireland

  Bursary for managers to take part in a skills development programme

• New Enterprise Allowance

  New Enterprise Allowance can provide money and support to help you start your own business if you’re getting certain benefits. Contact Jobcentre Plus to apply or find out more.

• Regional Selective Assistance – Scotland

  Grants for business projects which create and safeguard jobs.

• Research and development grants

  Grant to support businesses who are developing new products, processes and services.

• SMART: SCOTLAND

  Supporting research and development projects in small companies.

• Small Business Bonus Scheme – Scotland

  Rate relief for small businesses with premises in Scotland

• Start Up Loans

  Loans and mentoring for people over 18 years old who are looking to start a business. Backed by the Business Bank.

• Training for Success

  Training scheme for young people aged 16 to 24

• Business Support in the North East

  This is a business support programme for the North East which provides intensive coaching and mentoring support for emerging pre-start businesses across the region in addition to supporting existing businesses to become investment ready.

• Start Up Loans (East Midlands)

  Loans and mentoring for people over 18 years old who want to start a business. Backed by the Business Bank.

• 1-to-1 advice (Oxfordshire)

  Free 1-to-1 advice for pre-start and new businesses based in Oxfordshire

• AONB grant scheme – Howardian Hills

  Grants to help with community and rural conservation projects.

• ASK Programme

  The ASK programme aims to assist small businesses based in the Newtownabbey Borough Council area to access the advice, skills and knowledge of a specialist adviser

• Aberdare Townscape Enhancement Programme

  Grants for owners towards improvements to town centre commercial premises and bringing vacant property back into use

• Aberdare Townscape Heritage Initiative

  Grants for owners towards improvements to town centre premises and vacant properties for conservation sensitive projects

• Aberdeen City and Shire First Employee Grant Scheme

  Advice and grant support for businesses taking on their first employee

• Accelerating Business Growth

  Capital investment for projects that will stimulate company growth and create jobs in Lancashire, including machinery acquisition and property improvements.

• Access to Finance NW

  Support for businesses in north-west England to raise finance for growth

• Access to Finance Support and HBV Loan Funds

  Support for eligible trading businesses to raise loan finance and/or working capital to grow in the Hackney, Islington, Tower Hamlets and City of London areas

• Access to Work

  Grants and practical advice for disabled people and their employers to help overcome the practical problems resulting from disability

• Access to Work – Wales

  Grants and advice for disabled people and their employers

• Acorn Business Centre

  Practical advice from the Acorn Business Centre on all aspects of business start-up and expansion including access to support, assistance, training, premises and consultancy.

• Active Belfast Grants

  Working through the Belfast Strategic Partnership, Active Belfast has launched a new grant scheme

• Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (West Midlands and Liverpool)

  Loan and grant fund to support automotive and aerospace projects

• Advice for new and existing businesses (Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire)

  Advice and support for Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire businesses

• Advice for start-ups (Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire)

  Business advice and support for individuals starting up their own business

• Advisory Services – Fermanagh

  Support and guidance to pre-start, start-up and growth businesses in Fermanagh

• Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas)

  Advice on good practice in employment and employment relations

• Agri-food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)

  Specialist advice and training for problem solving and service provision in agriculture, animal health, food, environment and biosciences in Northern Ireland

• Antrim Enterprise Agency

  A full range of support to pre-start, start-up and established businesses in County Antrim

• Archaeological Fund – Orkney

  Grants to help with the development of archaeological projects

• Ards Business Centre Limited

  A complete range of services from business support services to training and advisory services

• Argyle Business Centre

  Practical advice from the Argyle Business Centre on all aspects of business start-up and expansion including access to support, assistance, training, premises and consultancy.

• Argyll and Bute and South Ayrshire European fisheries fund

  Provides grants for capital investment in the aquaculture, fishing and fish processing industries.

• Armagh Business Centre

  Armagh Business Centre offers tailored support for your business

• Arts Council Funding Programmes

  Grants for programming costs, organising and running arts programmes through the year

• Arts and Culture Programme – Derry

  Funding for arts and cultural projects in the Derry area

• Arts and Disability Awards – Northern Ireland

  Supports quality and innovative work by disabled artists

• Asbestos Advisory Service – Northern Ireland

  Information and guidance on working with asbestos

• Automotive diagnostic testing training

  Training of motor mechanics in electronic diagnosis of faults

• Aylesbury Vale Business Grant

  Aylesbury Vale established businesses (eg, those trading for more than a year) can apply for grants for projects that will contribute to improve business performance and growth.

• Aylesbury Vale Business start-up grant

  Startup businesses in Aylesbury Vale (eg, those trading for at least three months and up to a year) can apply for grants for projects that will contribute to improve business performance and growth.

• Backing business programme (Allerdale and Copeland)

  Free programme of support to help businesses to identify opportunities for growth including a business review, specialist advice and grant funding

• Barking Enterprise Centre

  Free support, help accessing finance and low-cost flexible workspace for start-ups and existing SMEs in Barking and Dagenham and east London

• Beef and Sheep Development Programme – Wales

  Support for beef and sheep farmers in Wales

• Better Business Finance

  Provides UK businesses with free, quick and easy access to a directory of approved finance suppliers

• Big Issue Invest

  Big Issue Invest helps scale up social enterprises and charities throughout the UK by providing loans and investments.

• Black Country Reinvestment Society (BCRS)

  Loans to help small businesses develop and grow

• Blue Orchid business start-up support

  Free business advice and support for new businesses or those wanting to grow.

• Boost Business Lancashire

  Advice and support for businesses with high-growth potential across Lancashire: including coaching, mentoring, skills training, funding and start-up support

• Bradford Kickstart

  Helping local people enter self employment and start small businesses to encourage growth, prosperity and employment in Bradford District

• British Library Business and Intellectual Property Centre

  Supports entrepreneurs and innovators to launch and grow a business

• Broadband Connection Vouchers

  Broadband connection voucher grants worth up to £3,000 for SMEs in 22 cities to drive productivity, innovation and growth.

• Broadband Support Scheme

  This scheme supports the installation of broadband to areas with insufficient access.

• Broadband connection voucher scheme

  Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), businesses or residential communities in Newport can apply for a voucher that will partly cover the cost of connecting to a super fast network.

• Budding Businesses Grant

  For micro-businesses in the rural wards of Caerphilly County Borough

• Building Enhancement Programme

  Grants to help Swansea City centre businesses improve their shopfronts or building facades

• Building Repair Grants – Scotland

  Financial help for repairing historic buildings in Scotland

• Buildings Improvement Grant (Knowsley)

  Grants to companies investing in building and security schemes

• Built Environment Initiative: Historic Buildings and Structures Repair Grants – Nidderdale

  To promote the repair of listed buildings/structures which are considered to be at risk throughout the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)

• Business Advice (West Cumbria)

  Confidential advisory service for pre-start and small to medium-sized businesses in west Cumbria

• Business Advice – Merseyside

  Business development advice for members of Mersey Maritime

• Business Advice and Training to Co-operatives and Credit Unions – Wales

  Training and advice to encourage the establishment of co-operatives

• Business Advisory Service – Lewisham and Southwark

  Advice and support for trading businesses in Lewisham and Southwark

• Business Boot Camp

  Business Boot Camp Programme aims to actively help young entrepreneurs aged 16 to 35 years old to start or grow their businesses in a time of economic uncertainty.

• Business Consultancy – Banbridge

  Advice for local businesses in Banbridge

• Business Development Grant – Caerphilly

  Start-up and development grants for businesses in Caerphilly

• Business Development Grant Scheme – Expansion Grant

  The Business Development Expansion Grant Scheme has been established to stimulate the growth of established SMEs in the Scarborough area and companies looking to relocate into the area.

• Business Development Grant Scheme – Start-up grant

  The Business Development Start-up grant scheme has been established to encourage the formation of new businesses in Scarborough Borough

• Business Diagnostic

  Northern Ireland companies need to continually improve their competitive advantage. To do this every company needs to assess its strengths and areas for improvement. The Business Diagnostic has been designed to help in this process

• Business Enterprise Fund

  Capital Grant Scheme supporting business start-ups and helping existing businesses with performance and job creation

• Business Enterprise Fund (Bradford)

  Financial support for new and existing businesses in west and north Yorkshire

• Business Gateway Information Service

  Business information and research support for Scottish businesses

• Business Gateway new business start-up grant – Orkney

  Grants for new businesses in Orkney

• Business Grant Fund (St Helens)

  Grants for established and start-up business based in St Helens to grow, expand and create new jobs.

• Business Grant Programme

  Grants of between £5,000 and £1m to cover up to 20% of costs to create new jobs and business growth within York, North Yorkshire and East Riding.

• Business Growth Calderdale

  Supports local businesses that are aspiring to grow, become more competitive and develop new products and services

• Business Growth Service

  The Business Growth Service makes it easier for businesses with the ambition, capability and capacity to improve and grow.

• Business Health Check

  Northern Ireland companies need to continually improve their competitive advantage. To do this every company needs to assess its strengths and areas for improvement. The Business Health Check has been designed to help in this process.

• Business ICT grant – West Dunbartonshire

  Grants to help firms complete ICT projects

• Business Information Services

  Access to market research and other business information.

• Business Innovation

  Get help designing, manufacturing and selling new products and services, and for information about funding.

• Business Innovation Centre (BIC) Specialist Advisor and consultancy fund

  Grant for specialist consultancy advice to help businesses based in Staffordshire to grow through innovation

• Business Loan – Midlands

  Loans for new and existing small businesses

• Business Loan Fund – Gwynedd

  Loan fund to establish or develop a business in Gywnedd

• Business Mentoring – Scotland

  Mentoring support for businesses based in Scotland

• Business Northumberland

  Business support service dedicated to helping people who are thinking about starting a business or want to develop and grow a business in Northumberland/

• Business Rate Relief – New Developments Scheme

  Business rate relief for newly built, vacant property

• Business Rate Relief – Open for Business Scheme

  Business rate relief for re-occupied properties that have been vacant for 12 months or longer.

• Business Services – Durham

  Advice and support for Durham businesses

• Business Services – East Riding of Yorkshire

  Advice from 6 business centres on starting, growing or relocating your business in East Riding

• Business Services – Newport

  Business advice for existing and start-up enterprises

• Business Services – Northern Ireland

  Assistance for small businesses from a team of experienced individuals

• Business Solutions (south-west)

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

• Business Start Up Service

  Welsh government support for business start ups in Wales including one to one advice and a range of business skills workshops

• Business Start-Up Support programme (BSUS)

  Free business advice, support and training for anyone looking to start their own business or in the first 3 years of trading in the Cumbria area

• Business Support – Stafford

  Free and confidential advice for new businesses or those wishing to start a business

• Business Support Loan – Carmarthenshire

  Capital expenditure loans for businesses in Carmarthenshire

• Business Support and Relief Package

  Short-term loans for businesses in Carmarthenshire

• Business Tailor Innovation Fund

  Funding collaborative projects between SMEs and academic partners to develop new products and services

• Business TimeBank®

  Offers pre-starts, start-ups and existing businesses access to 1 to 2 hours of free support from a consultant in the central Bedfordshire area

• Business Training Grant – East Dunbartonshire

  Training grants to improve business performance

• Business Wales – Tendering

  Help from the Welsh Government to support small and medium-size businesses in winning public and private sector contracts

• Business Wales mentoring

  Voluntary business mentoring service for Welsh businesses

• Business advancement programme

  Expert help and guidance for businesses to develop and implement plans for innovation.

• Business advice and Masterclasses (Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk)

  Range of advice, workshops, loans and innovation grant services to start-up and trading businesses

• Business advice and support (Liverpool)

  Free business growth support for existing businesses or new entrepreneurs

• Business advice and support (South East)

  Free seminar, business advice, business planning and on-going support in specific locations across the south-east

• Business advisers and start-up services (Colchester)

  Business advisors, incubation centres and start-up advice for businesses in Colchester

• Business capital grant – West Dunbartonshire

  Funding for established businesses to buy essential equipment and machinery.

• Business develoment support – Orkney

  Advice and grants for Orkney businesses

• Business development and support services (Lanarkshire)

  Helps companies by making jobs safe, increasing employment, and increasing turnover and profits.

• Business growth loans (Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire)

  Business loans finance for companies that can’t access capital from Banks and other mainstream providers.

• Business growth programme: Leeds City region

  Capital and research and development grants of up to £1 million to support expansion projects that create jobs in the Leeds City Region.

• Business improvement training programme

  Financial support for skills development for companies in Northern Ireland.

• Business property improvement grant – West Dunbartonshire

  Grants for expanding businesses to improve their premises

• Business start-up advice (East Durham)

  Advice and support for starting up a business in east Durham

• Business start-up grant – West Dunbartonshire

  Grants for people starting their own business

• Business start-up support (East Midlands)

  Support, training and resources for people who want to set up a business.

• Business start-up support in North Tyneside

  Free start-up support for all businesses in North Tyneside, with on-going help up to 12 months.

• Business support and development (Yorkshire and Humber)

  Business start-up and growth services and government-funded schemes offering free and subsidised advice, seminars, networking and training

• Business support grant

  Flexible grant scheme for consumer facing small and medium enterprises based within the Rhondda Cynon Taf area

• Business support local – Leeds LS28

  Support for small businesses based in the LS28 postcode area, including a business broker service, workshops and networking.

• Business support service (north east)

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

• Business training and support – West Dunbartonshire

  Training grants to help businesses to improve their performance

• Business training support – Inverclyde

  Grants for staff training and development

• Business training support – Renfrewshire

  Grants for training staff in Renfrewshire to gain qualifications or meet business targets

• CE Marking – Northern Ireland

  Helping manufacturers meet ‘European Conformity’ for exporting their goods

• CNES business loan

  Interest-free loans to help start-ups

• CNES micro business loan

  Small interest-free loans to help start-ups

• Caerphilly Bisnet Project

  Support to encourage the use of ICT by businesses in Caerphilly

• Capital Cardiff Fund – capital investment fund

  Financial support including grants, loans and equity investments for companies that safeguard and create jobs

• Capital Cardiff Fund: new enterprise start-up fund

  Aims to assist companies to safeguard and create jobs by offering packages of financial support including grants, loans and equity investments

• Cardiff connection voucher scheme

  Grants for the install of high speed broadband connections directly to a premise.

• Carmarthenshire Lottery Loan

  Start-up and development loans from the Carmarthenshire lottery fund for businesses and community groups

• Castlereagh Enterprises Limited

  A range of support and services to aid economic development and job creation in the Castlereagh Borough Council area

• Catalyst for Growth

  Capital grant funding scheme with grants from £5,000 to £500,000 for eligible North West companies in the chemical sector

• Central Procurement Directorate

  Advice, guidance and business opportunities for the private and public sector

• Ceredigion micro business investment fund

  Grant scheme for the growth and development of new and existing micro businesses in Ceredigion.

• Chesterfield Innovation Support Project

  Support to Innovative and Growing businesses in the Chesterfield area.

• Childcare Business grant

  A grant for setting up a childminding business or nursery.

• Children’s Writers’ Bursaries

  Bursaries for writers of Welsh and English children books

• Co-Fund NI

  Equity Investment

• Coaching for high growth

  Coaching and mentoring assistance for new and existing businesses in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly

• Coalfields Funds

  The Coalfields Funds provide equity and equity-related funding ranging from a minimum of £500,000 to a maximum of £2 million.

• Coast to Capital Expansion loan scheme

  Loans of up for £200,000 to established SME businesses that need finance to expand their activities and grow.

• Coastal Communities Fund for Northern Ireland

  The Coastal Communities Fund encourages the economic development of Northern Ireland coastal communities by giving them funding to create sustainable economic growth and jobs.

• Coed Cymru – Wales

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

• Coleraine Enterprise Agency

  Advice and support for local start-up businesses

• Collaborative Communities

  Business support for voluntary and community organisations in south west Wales

• Collaborative network programme

  Advice and financial support for facilitation of networks across companies in Northern Ireland.

• Collaborative research and development support service

  Promotes collaborative research and development opportunities offered by the European Commission and the Technology Strategy Board.

• Commercial Improvement Area Grants – Bridgend

  Grants for the improvement of commercial premises located in Bridgend town centre

• Commercial Property Grant Scheme

  Grant for owners of commercial properties in Pembroke and Pembroke Dock to restore architectural heritage

• Communicating to an international audience

  An export communications review provides help and advice on language and cultural issues to tailor your export communications

• Communities 2.0

  Free IT training and support for community groups, voluntary organisations and individuals

• Community Economic Development Programme

  Support for local enterprises in Caerphilly County Borough

• Community Enterprise Loan Fund – Highlands

  Loans for not-for-profit organisations

• Community Toilet Grant Scheme – Anglesey

  Grants for businesses in Anglesey that open up their toilets to the public

• CompeteFor

  Enables businesses to register and compete for contract opportunities with major public and private sector buying organisations

• Comprehensive Development Schemes – Northern Ireland

  Provides development opportunities and helps potential businesses acquire land

• Connected

  Helps businesses improve performance by providing access to a broad portfolio of knowledge and technology support services

• Connecting Cheshire Superfast Business programme

  Provides bespoke and fully funded business advice to transform your business and use of technology

• Conservation Grant Scheme (Tamworth)

  Supports projects which will improve and restore historic buildings

• Construction Industry Training Board (CITB): support and funding

  CITB provides support and funding to help businesses improve skills, increase their competitiveness and respond to construction sector challenges.

• Construction Sector Development Fund

  Supports business development activity including the purchase of machinery and equipment for the construction industry

• Construction Skills Northern Ireland Grant Scheme

  Grants for training new recruits and apprentices, and developing established employees and business improvement in the construction industry

• Conwy Business Support Grant

  Development grants for businesses in Conwy

• Conwy Sustainable Resources Grant

  Support in rural Conwy for community groups, farms or businesses interested in harnessing local sources of renewable energy

• Cookstown Business Elevate Programme

  The programme offers micro/SMEs from the Cookstown District the opportunity to receive one-to-one expert consultancy support in key business areas.

• Cookstown Enterprise Centre

  Provides a range of office services to businesses who don’t employ full-time office staff

• Cornwall Marine

  Improving marine businesses in Cornwall

• Corporate Health Standard

  The small workplace health award is the national mark of quality for health and well-being in the workplace, for businesses and organisations.

• Coventry and Warwickshire small business loans scheme

  Helps individuals and businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire that can’t access finance through mainstream lenders.

• Craigavon Industrial Development Organisation

  A range of support services and loans for businesses starting up or developing in the Craigavon District Council area

• Craigmillar Business Incubator

  Business advice to enterprises located in, or wishing to be in, Craigmillar

• Creative Futures (Scotland)

  Grants for individual artists and art organisations in Scotland

• Creative Industry Finance

  Free business support and advice on how to apply for loans for creative industry enterprises in England that have been trading for at least 18 months

• Creative Industry Support – East Lancashire

  Supporting creative businesses in East Lancashire

• Creative Skills support

  Advice and support to help improve business performance

• Crofting Counties Agricultural Grants Scheme – Scotland

  Grants for a range of crofting activities

• CultureStep – Wales

  This scheme is designed to encourage new investment and develop established business engagement with the arts.

• Cumbria Business Growth Hub and Rural Growth Network

  A focal point for businesses offering a choice of advice, training, networking and more.

• Cwlwm Busnes Cymru – Wales

  Online information facility for Welsh-speaking businesses

• DARD Research Challenge Fund

  Grants for agri-food and rural enterprises to carry out collaborative projects with research providers

• Delivery and Innovation Division

  A range of specialist business services for organisations in Northern Ireland

• Denbighshire Business Advice

  Training and advice on a range of issues for local businesses

• Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) Publications

  Business-related information and data about the Northern Ireland DETI research agenda

• Derby Enterprise Growth Fund

  Grants, loans and equity investments for businesses in Derby to support innovation, expansion and the creation of new jobs.

• Derby coaching for success

  Information, business advice, masterclasses and grant funded coaching for Derby City district businesses looking to grow and create new jobs.

• Develop a Business – Omagh

  Advice and support for to help develop Omagh based businesses

• Development Capital – Wales

  Funding for growing businesses with proven success

• Digital growth

  Events, specialist workshops and support to highlight the opportunities digital technology can offer businesses.

• DigitalCity Fellowship Scheme

  A graduate digital business start-up scheme for any graduates who live in the North East.

• Doing business outside Scotland (Smart Exporter)

  Get expert trade advice and practical support in Scotland to grow your business overseas.

• Down Business Centre

  Confidential advice and guidance to help develop your business.

• Dungannon Enterprise Centre

  Business support and workspaces in the Dungannon area.

• E-Business support programme

  Helps businesses in Greenwich use IT to make their working life easier, get more done and sell more products and services.

• E-Solutions centre

  The E-solutions centre offers a free advisory and ICT demonstration service to all businesses in Northern Ireland with less than 250 employees.

• ERDF Low Carbon Grant

  This grant is available to businesses in Hertfordshire or Bedfordshire that are looking to reduce their low carbon footprint by purchasing or upgrading to low carbon equipment or seeking advice.

• Early Stage Investment – Wales

  Invests in innovative early stage businesses

• East Belfast Enterprise Park

  Business advice and training for pre-start-up and existing businesses

• East London Small Business Centre Ltd (ELSBC)

  Business loans to new and existing businesses in London

• East Sussex Invest 3

  Financial support for businesses planning to invest in new capital projects

• East of England Regional Growth Loan scheme

  Provides growth loan finance to SMEs across the east of England: Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.

• East of Scotland Investment Fund

  Loans for start-ups and growing businesses in the east of Scotland.

• Eastern Agri-Tech growth initiative

  Funding for SMEs to support new products or ideas to improve agricultural productivity or develop new technology for the agri-tech sector.

• Eco Business West Midlands

  Supports small and medium sized businesses with grants to help cut costs by becoming compliant with environmental legislation and reduce waste to become more sustainable.

• Economic Development Support in North Kesteven

  Support and advice to businesses in North Kesteven

• Edinburgh World Heritage – Shopfront Improvement Grant

  Grants to enhance and restore shopfronts within the Edinburgh Conservation Funding Programme Boundary

• Elevate – sales development programme for small business

  Provides financial assistance to help you identify cross-border markets/customers across the island of Ireland.

• Elmbridge Civic Improvement Fund

  One off grant for improving empty shops and shop fronts.

• Employer grant – East Dunbartonshire

  Business development and expansion grants

• Employment Grant – Highlands

  Grant for small businesses in the Highlands towards the cost of taking on a new employee.

• Employment Medical Advisory Service – Northern Ireland

  Advice on work-related health matters

• Enabling Bursaries for Disabled Writers

  Specialist equipment bursaries to assist disabled writers

• Enfield Rises and Achieves Programme (ERA)

  The Programme aims to enhance the employability prospects of Enfield residents and support their journey into long-term employment or self-employment.

• Enterprise Answers

  Business finance, advice and support for businesses of all stages.

• Enterprise Bursary

  Bursary to start a new businesses in rural Flintshire and Denbighshire

• Enterprise Coaching Programme – Plymouth

  Coaching for becoming self-employed

• Enterprise Europe (East of England)

  A local gateway for support and information on doing business, finding collaborative partners and increasing your competitiveness in Europe.

• Enterprise Europe Network (South East)

  Helps companies in south-east England make the most of the European Single Market

• Enterprise Europe Network – London

  Supports small and medium enterprises based in the Greater London area to increase their competitiveness through internationalisation and innovation.

• Enterprise Europe Network – Northern Ireland

  Advice, information and collaboration opportunities for companies in Northern Ireland wanting to do business across Europe.

• Enterprise Europe Network – Yorkshire

  Links to European networks – 600 organisations in over 50 countries, promoting the competitiveness and innovation of local companies. Supporting innovation and internationalisation.

• Enterprise Loans East Midlands (ELEM)

  Provides government-funded loans from £3,000 to £100,000 for start-ups and businesses looking to grow

• Enterprise North West

  Start-up and business development programmes for potential entrepreneurs and existing businesses and social enterprises in the Derry area.

• Enterprise Northern Ireland

  Helps businesses in Northern Ireland to start up or grow

• Enterprise Northern Ireland (Ballymena)

  Local advice clinic for private and social enterprises thinking of starting a business and those in the early stages of business development

• Enterprise Northern Ireland (Carrickfergus)

  Local advice clinic for private and social enterprises thinking of starting a business and those in the early stages of business development.

• Enterprise Northern Ireland (Craigavon)

  Provides a wide range of services for new and existing entrepreneurs.

• Enterprise Northern Ireland (Magherafelt)

  Local advice clinic for private and social enterprises thinking of starting a business and those in the early stages of business development.

• Enterprise Northern Ireland (Moyle)

  Practical advice on all aspects of business start-up and expansion including access to support, assistance, training, premises and consultancy.

• Enterprise Northern Ireland (North Down)

  Local advice clinic for private and social enterprises thinking of starting a business and those in the early stages of business development.

• Enterprise fellowships – Scotland

  Advice for those developing technological ideas.

• Enterprising Worcestershire

  Business support and funding for individuals looking to start a business, or businesses that are looking to grow in Worcestershire.

• Environmental impact assessment – Scotland

  Help assessing the likely impact of projects on the environment.

• Essex Innovation Programme

  Helps companies to develop their creative and innovative commercial development ideas

• Eureka moment

  Free consultancy support to identify opportunities for businesses to innovate and grow, including grant support

• Exemplar low carbon building project

  Free business support to small and medium sized enterprises in the East of England enabling them to benefit from natural materials, Passivhaus and low-carbon technologies

• Exeter business support

  Advice and support to start-up and existing businesses in Exeter

• Existing business support (Southwark)

  Services to help existing businesses develop and grow

• Export Skills and Knowledge Workshops – Northern Ireland

  Exporting skills for businesses based in Northern Ireland

• FIT Programme

  Assists owner-managers of small businesses to survive, consolidate and grow.

• Fair business loans

  Small unsecured loans to London-based SMEs that have been trading for 12 months or longer

• Farming Connect – Wales

  Support to improve the business performance and long-term sustainability of farm businesses in Wales

• Fast Growth 50

  Awards scheme for the fastest growing firms in Wales

• Fermanagh Enterprise Limited

  Support and guidance for pre-start, start up and growth businesses in Fermanagh

• Fife investment fund – grants

  Grants to help small businesses in Fife

• Film Agency – Wales

  Support for film makers in Wales

• Finance For Enterprise

  Loan funding and advice to new start, early stage and established businesses across South Yorkshire and North Midlands.

• Finance Yorkshire (business loans)

  Loans for early stage businesses and established and profitable businesses

• Finance Yorkshire – equity linked finance

  Equity linked investments from £100k to £2m and mezzanine loans from £100,000 to £1 million

• Finance Yorkshire – Seedcorn

  Aims to back early stage innovative or technology based ventures which have the potential to become “beacon companies” for Yorkshire.

• Follow on Innovation Voucher Scheme

  Start new or continue joint business and academic partnerships from the Scottish Funding Council Innovation Voucher Scheme

• Fredericks Foundation loans

  Loans for start-up and existing businesses in south England that have been turned down for mainstream funding

• Free Skills Review – Wales

  Access to skills advisers to carry out your training needs analysis

• Fresh Start Grant (Knowsley)

  Grants to new start companies in Knowsley

• Funding 4 innovation

  Capital or revenue grants of between £3,000 and £5,000 for SMEs in rural Warwickshire developing an innovative product, process or service

• Funding from Sport Northern Ireland

  Funding to increase participation and improve performance in sport

• Funding to attend trade shows

  You can get funding to showcase your product or services overseas and grow your export business.

• Fuse Fund

  Capital grant investment for projects that will stimulate company growth and create jobs in Lancashire, including machinery acquisition and property improvements.

• GLE oneLondon Start-Up Loans Scheme

  GLE Start-Up Loans

• Gateways to Growth: Supply Buy Network

  This scheme provides opportunities for 300 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at all stages in the supply chain to meet and sell to potential buyers, while developing the skills to help them win business in new markets.

• Geneyus business support

  A Midlands-focused business support provider which helps small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) looking to grow their business

• Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI)

  Geoscience information and services to inform decision making

• Glastir Woodland Creation Grant

  Encourages landowners, especially farmers, to create new woodlands on their land

• Go2 website grant

  Grants to help eligible businesses in the Caerphilly area create a website and start trading online

• Graduate Recruitment and Placement (GRAP) Programme

  Part-funded placements and internships for companies employing recent graduates to work in the north-east of England

• Graduate Training and Development

  Funding to help small businesses train graduate staff

• Graduate skills for your business

  Helps businesses in Wales to recruit, retain and develop graduate staff

• Grant for Business Investment (GBI)

  Support for private sector investment in disadvantaged areas in England.

• Grant for Research and Development – Northern Ireland

  Advice and support to help businesses become more innovative

• Grants for eco-innovation

  Offers a grant of up to £3,000 to help promote your environmentally friendly product, service or business process.

• Grants for historic buildings, monuments and designed landscapes (England)

  Grants for repair and conservation of historic buildings, monuments and landscapes

• Grants for the Arts for individuals and organisations (England)

  Funding for arts projects in England

• Green Dragon Environmental Standard – Wales

  Provides businesses with the opportunity to certify their environmental management systems

• Greening Business

  Assists businesses with their waste and energy management to improve their environmental performance

• Grow Your Business (East Midlands)

  Ongoing support for businesses that are already trading.

• Grow Your Future

  Grow Your future is designed to support businesses to employ young people from Calderdale through a range of activities including paid work experience placements, pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeships.

• Growing Real Opportunities for Women (GROW) – Northern Ireland

  Development programmes and advice for women in business

• Growing a Business – Newport and Gwent

  Help and advice for growing and developing a business in South Wales

• Growing cyber security in Worcestershire

  Growing Cyber is a programme of tailored internet security advice and guidance for small and medium-sized Worcestershire-based businesses.

• Growing the Social Enterprise Sector in the West Midlands

  Free coaching and expert business advice for pre-start and existing social enterprises in the West Midlands.

• Growth Loans – Croydon

  Loans to help London-based businesses grow

• Growth loan fund

  Growth Loan fund for businesses in the manufacturing, engineering or tradable services sectors.

• Growth start-up support programme

  An intensive programme for those Greater Manchester individuals who want to start and grow a business

• Heads of the Valleys Business Seed Capital Fund Grant – Blaenau Gwent

  Grant to help eligible residents located in the Heads of the Valleys area set up a business

• Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland

  Provides businesses with health and safety information and advice

• Heart of the South West business support

  Support for businesses to start up and grow in Devon and Somerset including advice, events, workshops and access to funding.

• Heritage Enterprise (HE)

  Heritage Enterprise supports enterprising community organisations across UK to rescue neglected historic buildings and sites and unlock their economic potential.

• Heritage and Museum Services Programme – Derry

  Funding for heritage and museum services in the Derry area

• High Growth Investment Programme

  Grant funding for help towards increased employment, productivity and expansion.

• Historic Buildings Grant – Wales

  Financial assistance for repair and restoration of hsistoric buildings.

• Historic area regeneration grants

  Financial support for restoring and repairing historic buildings

• Hospitality Tourism Food and Drink Initiative

  Funding and consultancy support available to businesses based in Wales in the Hospitality, Tourism, Food and Drink sectors to reduce waste and landfill, and lower costs / improve competitiveness

• Human Resources Advice

  Advice including recruitment and selection, performance management, succession planning, communication.

• ICT Advisors – Invest Northern Ireland (NI)

  ICT advisory service, which provides impartial advice to Invest Northern Ireland customers on how to make best usage of IT solutions within organisations.

• IT Support – Banbridge

  Provides a range of IT services to support businesses

• Iaith Gwaith/Working Welsh Scheme – Wales

  Support and resources for Welsh-speaking businesses

• Iconnect

  One-to-one mentoring support and training for local businesses to develop their ICT

• Impact

  Free resource efficiency support for voluntary and community organisations, charities and social enterprises in the east of England.

• Individual Book Grants -Wales

  Grants for production of literary books of Welsh interest or by Welsh authors for adults or children

• Industrial Improvement Area Grants – Bridgend

  Financial support for the improvement of industrial premises in Bridgend

• Innov8

  Support and advice for entrepreneurs under 31

• Innov8+

  Support and advice on starting, developing and growing a business

• Innovate UK: funding and support

  Innovate UK provides funding and support tools to help businesses undertake technological research and development and to innovate.

• Innovating for Growth Programme

  Free face to face support for established London-based micro-businesses (1 to 10 employees) who want to grow their business

• Innovation Advisors

  Advice and support for companies wishing to embark on a research and development project.

• Innovation Networks

  £10,000 to £15,000 capital or revenue grants for West Midlands companies who are developing an innovative product, process or service

• Innovation Support – Southwark

  Products and services to support innovation in new and existing businesses.

• Innovation University Enterprise Network (iUEN)

  Funded consultancy to help businesses with high growth potential increase sales, commercialise new ideas and innovate quickly.

• Innovation and Growth Programme

  Supports the creation of an environmentally and economically sustainable enterprise culture throughout businesses.

• Innovative Growth in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire (IGISS)

  Gap funding for innovative projects in Staffordshire that will create new jobs.

• Innovative Product Support Services (IPSS)

  Fully funded guidance for the development of new products and processes.

• Inspired Project

  The Inspired Project aims to help small and medium-sized companies in Scotland to solve problems, develop new products and advance existing technologies.

• Intellectual Property Asset Management (IPAM)

  150 Free audits with analysis of internal and external IP issues and 50% match funding for eligible projects

• Intellectual property advice and guidance

  Advice and guidance on intellectual property protection issues for companies based in Northern Ireland.

• InterTradeIreland Acumen

  Intertrade Ireland helps strengthen individual businesses and promotes the value of growth sectors to make the island more competitive in a global economy

• InterTradeIreland FUSION

  Support for knowledge and technology transfers between industry and academic institutions

• Interactive Scotland

  Expert help and support for businesses across the digital media sector in Scotland

• Interest Free Energy Efficiency Loan Scheme (Northern Ireland)

  Interest-free energy efficiency loans to businesses in Northern Ireland.

• Interest Free Energy Efficiency Loan Scheme (Wales)

  Interest free business loans are available to SME business sites in Wales for organisations wishing to invest in energy efficient equipment and renewable technologies.

• Interest-Free Loan – East Lothian

  Interest-free loans for new and growing businesses based in East Lothian

• Interim Manager Programme

  Provides an interim manager to help deliver a specific business improvement project.

• International Opportunities Fund (IOF) – Wales

  Grants to encourage art practitioners to explore options abroad

• International Trade Development Liaison Officers (ITDLO) – Wales

  Advising businesses in Wales about new developments in international trade

• International economic development support

  Foreign Direct Investment overseas or partnering with local companies or suppliers to create growth, jobs and goods and services for poor people in specific countries such as in Sub-Saharan Africa, in southern Asia and the Caribbean

• Inventorium

  Generates ideas that lead to new businesses or help sustain existing ones

• Invest Growth Fund – Northern Ireland

  Invests in start-up and early stage Northern Ireland based businesses

• Invest Growth Proof of Concept Fund – Northern Ireland

  Enables businesses to work out an idea’s commercial potential

• Invest Northern Ireland

  Financial support for new businesses with growth potential in Northern Ireland

• Invest Sefton

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

• Invest in Cornwall

  Support for businesses relocating to Cornwall

• Invest in Manchester

  Support for re-locations to and expansions in Manchester

• Invest in Nottingham

  Free financial and business support for businesses looking to expand or relocate in the Nottinghamshire area.

• Investment Escalator

  Access to finance programme for London pre-starts and SMEs, offering free one-to-one coaching, workshops and expertise from London Southbank University

• Investment for Growth (North East)

  Fund available to SMEs who trade business to business in the north-east of England to improve their business through investing in growth projects.

• Investors in People Scotland Impact Programme

  Helps Scottish based businesses grow through mentoring sessions

• Inward Investment Selective Financial Assistance

  Tailor-made support packages including cash grants for capital investments, employment, interest relief plus support for a variety of business operations such as research and development, training and marketing.

• Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF)

  Loans for broadcasters to increase Irish language programmes

• Jobs Growth Wales (micro business support)

  Support for micro-businesses to offer 6 months employment and development to an unemployed young person

• Jobs Growth Wales (private sector element)

  Salary costs paid if you plan to grow your business and create a 6-month job opportunity for a young person.

• Jobs Growth Wales (young entrepreneurs bursary)

  This fund has been developed to support start-up ideas from young people

• Jobs and Growth Fund Programme

  Gap funding for companies that wish to expand or invest to create sustainable jobs, where this investment would otherwise not happen due to lack of available finance.

• Kick Start Grant – Blaenau Gwent

  Financial support for individuals wishing to set up a business in Blaenau Gwent

• Knowledge Transfer Partnership – Northern Ireland

  Projects partnering businesses with academic skilled associates

• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships – Wales

  Provides businesses with access to graduates for potential employment

• Lanarkshire business support grant – South Lanarkshire

  A grant that covers a wide range of consultancy services

• Landfill Communities Fund

  Offers landfill tax credit funding for community projects

• Larne Enterprise Development Company

  A centre of excellence providing an effective local focus for business support

• Leicester Business Women (LBW)

  Support scheme for women looking to start up their own business or become self-employed.

• Leicester for Business

  Free pre-start up and existing business support

• Leicester: Regional Growth Fund round 4

  Grants available from £150,000 to £1 million towards capital expenditure including machinery, property improvements, building expansions and infrastructure improvements.

• Let’s Grow

  North East region grant scheme for capital investment and research and development.

• Let’s do Business Group (Business Support)

  This scheme provides support services to businesses in Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.

• Libraries Northern Ireland Business Services

  Help with starting up or improving your existing business and using Public Record Office facilities to check patent and copyright information

• Life Sciences Investment Fund

  Equity investment fund to support the life sciences sector in Wales

• LinkStart

  Training course and grant programme to help people set up in business and self employment.

• Lisburn Enterprise Organisation

  Lisburn Enterprise Organisation is a business information and advice service, offering assistance to both new and established businesses within County Antrim.

• Lloyds TSB Foundation – Northern Ireland

  Funding charities to help disabled and disadvantaged people play a fuller role in society

• Llwyddo yng Ngwynedd – Mentro

  Support for people in Gwynedd wanting to start a business

• Llwyddo’n Lleol

  Business advice and financial assistance for young people in north-west Wales

• Loans for established businesses

  Loans of up to £10,000 for businesses that have been established in Newport for more than 12 months

• Loans for pre start-up and businesses under 12 months old

  Loans of up to £1,000 from Newport City Council to pre start-ups and new businesses that are under 12 months old

• Local Investment Fund (LIF) – North West Wales

  Grants for new ad existing businesses in North West Wales

• Local Investment Fund – South East Wales

  Grants for small and medium-sized businesses in South East Wales

• Log on – NI

  Free ICT advice and support service for businesses in Northern Ireland

• Low Carbon Innovation Fund

  Offers investment to Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the East of England who are lowering their carbon output, or offering low carbon products.

• Low Carbon Workspaces

  Helps small and medium-sized businesses to identify energy-saving measures and fund installations.

• Management Succession Funding – Wales

  Investments for those wanting to buy a Welsh business

• Management information scheme – Invest Northern Ireland

  Funding to help businesses in Northern Ireland take advantage of information and communication technology (ICT).

• Manchester Business Continuity Forum

  Increases awareness of business continuity management in Manchester’s business and voluntary sector communities

• Marches Grads for business

  Funding towards the cost of employing a graduate for 3 to 12 months in knowledge intensive sectors in Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Telford and Wrekin

• Market Capability and In Market Support

  Consultancy support for Northern Ireland businesses to undertake specific market research projects.

• Market development grant – Angus

  Helps businesses to exhibit at trade exhibitions and participate in overseas trade missions

• Market foresight and forward focused advice

  Identifying marketing opportunities and promoting commercialisation in Northern Ireland

• Medilink (East Midlands)

  Added value opportunities and services for the east Midlands life sciences sector

• Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) Loan

  Loans from the Carbon Trust to help firms join the Microgeneration Certification Scheme

• Millennium Awards

  Practical and financial support for social entrepreneurs in the UK

• Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) Scheme – Scotland

  Grants for transporting freight by rail or water

• Modern apprenticeships (Our Skillsforce)

  Support to employ an apprentice so your company has the skills it needs to grow.

• Mutuals Support Programme

  Delivers help and support for proposed and existing Public Service Mutuals to enable them to develop into successful enterprises

• My Incubator

  My Incubator is a fully equipped business incubation centre offering workspace, office facilities, business advice, training opportunities and access to finance to those starting their own business.

• NWES loans (East of England)

  Loans for start-up businesses in the east of England and Lincolnshire. Advice to help prepare business plans to support applications

• National Skills Academies

  Find quality assured training provision for your sector from a National Skills Academy.

• Neath Port Talbot Loan Fund

  Loans for new and existing small businesses

• New Enterprise Programme

  Business start up support in Calderdale

• New Writers’ Bursaries

  Bursaries for writers who’ve not previously published a volume of their work

• New employment wage subsidy – West Dunbartonshire

  A programme that gives financial incentives to companies that employ individuals who are currently unemployed.

• Newry & Mourne Co-operative & Enterprise Agency

  A range of support services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

• Non-Executive Director programme (NEDP)

  Provides non-executive directors to limited companies in Northern Ireland.

• North City Business Centre

  Professional advice, training and support available for new and developing businesses

• North East Investment Fund

  Investment for infrastructure and development projects leading to economic growth and job creation.

• North East sustainable energy supply chain programme

  Helps businesses in the north-east of Northern Ireland find out about opportunities in the renewable energy, oil and gas sectors

• North West Fund

  The North West Fund provides debt and equity finance for small and medium sized businesses based in the North West.

• Northamptonshire Growth Hub

  Access to a comprehensive support services available to all stages, sizes and types of businesses and social enterprises in Northamptonshire

• Northern Ireland Central Investment Fund for Charities

  Funding programmes for individuals and community groups

• Northern Ireland Finance Voucher

  Finance Vouchers can be used towards the cost of using external consultants to help you prepare a funding proposal for your business

• Northern Ireland Screen Support

  Funding for development and production of film, TV and digital content

• Northern Ireland Spin Out (NISPO) funds

  Seed and early stage funds

• Northern Ireland small business loan fund

  Provides unsecured loans to individuals, private companies and social enterprises in the small, medium and micro enterprise size ranges in the start-up and growth phases of development

• Northwest Aerospace Alliance (NWAA)

  Business improvement support to aerospace businesses in the north-west

• Omagh Enterprise Company

  Advice and support for those starting a new business or developing an existing one

• Opportunity Fund – Highlands

  Low-interest loans to businesses in the Highland Council area

• Optimising Business Broadband

  Helps Shropshire and Staffordshire SMEs to increase their competitiveness and improve performance by using the new fibre optic broadband infrastructure

• Orkney Marketing Support

  Promoting businesses in Orkney

• Orkney graduate and post-graduate placement scheme

  Grant of up to 25% for the total wage of a graduate trainee (up to a maximum of £5,000.

• Ormeau Enterprises

  Promotes economic development and job creation in South Belfast through a range of business support services

• Ortus Business Development Agency

  Provides business training initiatives to suit the needs of entrepreneurs at all stages of development.

• Outer Hebrides Fisheries Support Scheme

  Loans to help fishermen under 40 buy a boat

• Outer Hebrides business loan

  Financial assistance for new or growing businesses and social enterprises in the Outer Hebrides

• Outer Hebrides small business assistance scheme

  Financial assistance for new or growing micro-businesses and social enterprises in the Outer Hebrides

• Outset Bournemouth

  Intensive support for pre-start and start-up businesses in Bournemouth and help during the first years.

• Outset Bristol

  Offers free support to people interested in the idea of self-employment and existing start-up businesses in the Bristol area

• Outset Cornwall

  Offers free support to people interested in the idea of self-employment in Cornwall and the Scilly Isles

• Outset Finance

  A free access to finance service that offers hands-on help for pre-starts, start-ups and small firms looking to grow

• Outset Huntingdonshire

  Free support and mentoring for people interested in starting a business and self-employment in Huntingdonshire.

• Outset Plymouth

  Intensive support for pre-start and start-up businesses in Plymouth and help during the first years.

• Outset Swindon

  Free guidance and support services for Swindon Borough residents over 16 years old looking to start a business

• Outset Torbay

  Offers free support to Torbay residents interested in self-employment and/or improving their existing start-up business

• PRIME Cymru

  Support to people over 50 in Wales to become economically active.

• Parks for People

  Grants to help plan projects to restore or regenerate public gardens

• Participation Discretionary Fund

  Additional support to help people from under-represented groups set up a business

• Peace III Programme – 2007 – 2013

  Projects to reconcile communities and contribute to a shared society in Northern Ireland and the Border Region

• Pembrokeshire County Council Food Initiative

  Support for small agri-food based businesses

• Pembrokeshire Lottery

  Loans to help businesses with job creation projects

• Productivity Improvement

  Assistance and support to companies to improve productivity through the application and understanding of Lean Thinking and Lean principles.

• Project finance

  Short-term investment to help growing businesses in Wales fulfil new contracts

• Proof of concept programme – Scotland

  Finance to support the development of early stage ideas.

• Property Assistance

  Capital grants or loans to help companies develop new property solutions to meet their growth plans.

• Property Assistance Scheme – Inverclyde

  Financial support to improve business properties in Inverclyde

• Property Marketing

  Searchable database of available industrial and office buildings and industrial land. The database contains information on property in Northern Ireland only.

• Property Solutions – Northern Ireland

  Support for businesses in developing their premises

• Property development loan (Wales)

  Short term loans for small to medium-sized Welsh construction companies

• Property loan fund (Wales)

  Assists charities, voluntary organisations, social enterprises and community associations to get, develop and refurbish their premises.

• Property support grant – East Renfrewshire

  Grants to help businesses to improve their premises.

• Public Facilities Grant – Carmarthenshire

  Grants for businesses in Carmarthen that open up their toilets to the public

• Public Facilities Grant – Vale of Glamorgan

  Grants for businesses in the Vale of Glamorgan that open up their toilets to the public

• Publications Grant Scheme – Northern Ireland

  Grants to produce and distribute publications that contribute to better community relations in Northern Ireland

• Published Writers’ Bursaries

  Bursaries for writers who’ve already had their work published

• Purchase of Invest NI Serviced Sites

  Purchase of Invest NI serviced sites within an Invest NI business park.

• Queen’s Awards for Enterprise and Enterprise Promotion

  Awards for outstanding achievement by UK businesses in the categories of innovation, international trade, sustainable development and enterprise promotion.

• ReAct for Employers – Wales

  Financial support to help businesses recruit unemployed workers

• Ready For business

  For anyone thinking of starting a business, the Ready for Business programme can help improve the chances of success, and provides expert help to raise funding, if extra cash is needed to start up.

• Ready, Set, Go Innovation Grants

  A grant scheme to help develop new products, processes and ideas in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk

• Recycled Content Grant – Wales

  Funding for Welsh manufacturing SMEs to use recycled materials in their products, packaging or processing

• Regeneration Funding Support – Bridgend

  Support to businesses to help them secure grant funding

• Renewables – Orkney

  Supporting and sustaining renewable energy industries

• Renovation Grant – Northern Ireland

  Grants for owners and buyers to renovate property

• Rental of Invest NI Buildings

  Assistance with the rental of Invest NI buildings.

• Repairs Grant – Northern Ireland

  A grant to assist with the cost of repairs to dwellings in poor physical condition.

• Replacement Grant – Northern Ireland

  Grants to replace unfit, isolated dwellings in rural areas when renovation is not an option

• Research & Development & Innovation

  Government support for Welsh businesses in developing technologically innovative products and processes

• Reshore UK

  Support for firms to bring operations to the UK, and for SME manufacturers to supply into reshored contract opportunities

• Resource Efficient Worcestershire

  Energy, waste and water efficiency grants and free advice for small and medium size businesses in Worcestershire

• Resource efficiency support

  Help for businesses to reduce their use of resources

• Resource efficiency: Northern Ireland

  Helping businesses reduce their carbon footprint and save energy

• Roe Valley Enterprise

  Support for small business and community enterprises at local, regional and national levels.

• Rolling Programme – Belfast

  Assist arts or heritage organisations in Belfast

• Rosebud Micro

  Helps businesses raise the finance you need to grow and develop your business

• Rural Business Development Centre – Carmarthenshire

  One-stop facility for advice and guidance for rural businesses

• Rural Development Contracts – Scotland

  Grants for developing woodlands and forestry

• Rural Shop Support Scheme – Aberdeenshire

  Grants for rural shops in Aberdeenshire

• Rural Shops Improvement Scheme – Orkney

  Financial support to general stores based in rural areas to fund a range of improvements

• SAB Development Grants – Aberdeenshire

  Grants for business development projects in Aberdeenshire

• SAB Job Creation Grants – Aberdeenshire

  Grants to help create permanent jobs in the area

• SAB Sustainable Business Grant – Aberdeenshire

  Grants to encourage environmentally friendly business practices

• SAB loans – Aberdeenshire

  Loans for working capital for businesses in Aberdeenshire

• SIGNAL Centre of Business Excellence – North Down

  Support for developing businesses in North Down

• Safefood – food safety programmes

  Research, information and education about nutrition and food safety in Ireland

• Sales Growth 2 Programme

  Supports businesses to adopt good sales strategies and practice, and encourages collaboration, networking and partnerships among participating businesses.

• Scottish Co-Investment Fund

  A matching service for businesses seeking funding.

• Scottish Seed Fund

  Equity funding for Scottish businesses with new products and potential for growth and export.

• Scottish Venture Fund

  Investing alongside the private sector in funding expanding small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

• Seedcorn Business Competition – Northern Ireland

  Competition aimed at new, independent high-quality ventures seeking equity funding

• Self-employment service

  Start up service for individuals and entrepreneurs to increase new enterprise and job creation in Wales

• Self-employment test trading (Northern Ireland)

  Provides unemployed and economically inactive people the opportunity to try out business ideas for up to 26 weeks.

• Serious Games Studio

  Fully-funded technical support for West Midlands SMEs to develop innovative ideas for games and mobile apps into proof-of-concept demos.

• Severn Valley Built Heritage Fund

  Funding for firms in the Severn Valley to improve the exterior of buildings

• Shetlands Islands Economic Development Grant Scheme

  Grants to improve tourist accommodation and facilities.

• Shop front improvement scheme (Kendal)

  Grants to help businesses improve their shop fronts within the Kendal Conservation and main shopping areas

• Short Rotation Coppice Scheme – Northern Ireland

  Grants for farmers to establish short rotation coppices, eg willow, to be harvested as a renewable energy source

• Skills Advancement Grant

  Get up to £10,000 for staff training.

• Skills and Business Growth Programme – Glasgow

  Training grants for businesses in Glasgow

• Small Business Assistance Grant – Inverclyde

  Grant support for small and medium-sized businesses in Inverclyde.

• Small Business Incubation Support

  Rental subsidy for businesses moving into a Social Economy Business Incubation Unit in a designated location.

• Small Business Loan Scheme – Inverclyde

  Interest free loans for small and medium-sized enterprises in Inverclyde.

• Small business growth grant (Knowsley)

  Grants to companies investing in capital equipment.

• Small grants scheme (Tandridge)

  Grants to voluntary organisations to support a variety of projects.

• Small steps to enterprise

  Practical business support and guidance for entrepreneurs aged 14 to 25 in the Pembrokeshire area

• Smarter Working West Midlands (SWWM)

  2 days of free advice to help your business to grow through new working practices and be more energy efficient.

• Social Enterprise Focus

  Support for social enterprises in Torbay, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

• Social Enterprise Newry and Mourne

  Bringing sustainable employment and well being to local communities

• Social Enterprise Support

  Business support for co-operatives and social enterprises in Wales

• Social Enterprise Way (SEW) Leicestershire

  The Social Enterprise Way provides training and support for new and existing social enterprises based in Leicestershire

• Social Enterprise loan fund (England)

  Loans for charities and social enterprises that are unable to secure sufficient funding from mainstream sources

• Social Entrepreneurs Fund / Millennium Awards Trust

  Advice and funding opportunities for new social entrepreneurs

• Social enterprise advice (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire)

  Advice and support for social enterprises based in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

• Solent Green Grants

  Grants to help develop new technologies to reduce carbon emissions.

• South West Wales Property Development Fund

  Finance for firms developing industrial buildings in high unemployment areas

• South West loans fund

  Loan funds for businesses with growth potential

• South of Scotland Loan Scheme

  Gap funding for SME business-growth projects that offer economic benefits for the South of Scotland

• South-east sustainability loan fund

  A matching loan fund to support growth-orientated businesses in the south-east operating in ecologically driven market sectors.

• Spirit of Enterprise Loan Fund (North East England)

  Financial support to start or develop a business

• Sporting Chance Initiative

  Free service helping Scottish businesses with less than 250 employees to develop new products, processes and services for sports, health and wellness markets

• St Helens Jobs and Growth Fund

  Provides grant support of up to 20% of capital expenditure projects that will lead to the creation of sustainable new jobs.

• Start Up Woking

  Free support and advice for new businesses up to three years old.

• Start Your Business – South Wales

  Help and advice for starting up a business in South Wales

• Start up Loans Fund

  Start Up Loans aims to make seed finance available to people to start their own business

• Start your own business: courses, mentoring and more (North East)

  Business courses, advice, and mentoring for people over 16 years old in the North East looking into starting a business

• Start-Up Support

  Advice and support for individuals wishing to set up a new business

• Start-up advice (South East London)

  1-to-1 advice on starting up a business in the boroughs of Greenwich or Lewisham

• Start-up grant (South Sefton)

  Start-up grant of £250 available for businesses starting up across Merseyside.

• Start-up loans

  Business start-up loans and mentoring for people aged 18 and older based in Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and the Isle of Wight

• Start-up loans (Coventry and Warwickshire Reinvestment Trust)

  Pprovides funding, mentoring and support to aspiring entrepreneurs and businesses trading less than 12 months.

• Start-up loans North East and Cumbria

  Start-up loans for young entrepreneurs in the North East and Cumbria.

• Start-up loans from HBV Enterprise

  Business start-up loans for applicants for people over 18 years old based in Hackney, Haringey, Islington, Tower Hamlets or City of London

• Start-up support (Lancashire)

  Helping individuals in Lancashire into self employment with business start-up support

• Start-up support (Southwark)

  Practical assistance to get your business started

• Starter for 6

  Training and support programme for entrepreneurs across Scotland

• Strabane Enterprise Centre

  Advice, services and facilities for businesses and start ups.

• Strategic Insight Programme

  SIP is an innovative, pan-Wales programme which supports, facilitates and funds university staff (academic and non-academic) engagement with organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Essentially, the programme is about collaboration, knowledge exchange, transfer of expertise and the creation of longer term projects and relationships.

• Subsidised Work Placements – Wales

  Subsidised student and graduate placements for businesses in Wales

• Superfast Business Cornwall

  Superfast Business Cornwall supports and part-finances businesses to implement transformational ICT projects that are enabled by superfast broadband and associated technologies

• Superfast business

  Fully funded support to help ambitious businesses in the South West – with a focus on rural areas – to identify, maximize and profit from the opportunities that superfast broadband and new technologies present

• Supply Cross River

  Helps major local organisations to increase diversity in their supply chain and SMEs to bid for new contracts

• Survive and Thrive Programme

  Business mentoring and signposting programme for businesses located in Fermanagh and Omagh district council areas

• Sustainable Development Fund (Howardian Hills)

  Grants to bring social, environmental and economic benefits to this area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB)

• Sustainable productivity programme

  Consultancy support and funding for businesses wanting to improve their resource efficiency.

• Sustainabuild

  Free expert advice provided through workshops and one to one consultancy to help SMEs in the Construction industry.

• Taste and Talent

  Awards scheme for businesses in Gwynedd in the food, drink, art and craft sectors

• Technical Advisory Unit – Northern Ireland

  Free advice to help businesses solve technical, energy and environmental problems

• Technical Apprenticeship Service (TAS)

  Support service funded through the UKCES for employers in chemical, life science, pharmaceutical, nuclear, oil and gas and polymer industries.

• Technology Innovation Fund

  Gives companies access to National Physical Laboratory expertise providing bespoke technical support to UK industry

• Tees Valley Business Growth Investment Scheme

  Grant support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) looking to invest in their business to achieve sustainable growth.

• Tees Valley Catalyst Fund

  Provides the cash security required for performance and warranty bonds, for any company in Tees Valley.

• Tees Valley Jobs and Skills Investment Scheme

  Financial support towards the salary costs of a new trainee, apprentice or graduate.

• Tenders alert service

  Daily alerting service to help companies identify public sector contract opportunities.

• Tewkesbury borough Business Support Grant Scheme and business advice

  Business Support Grant Scheme and general advice and signposting service for businesses within Tewkesbury borough

• Textiles Growth Programme

  Grants to support capital projects, skills training and research and development in the textiles sector.

• Thames Valley Berkshire Commercialisation Loan Scheme

  Available in Berkshire to small and medium-sized businesses that have generated some sales and require funding support from £25,000 up to £50,000.

• Thames Valley Berkshire expansion loan scheme

  Provides loans from £50,000 to £200,000 to established small and medium-sized businesses requiring finance to implement expansion activities that will deliver substantial growth.

• The Bank of TMC (East Midlands)

  Support for young people aged 16-25 to start or grow their business.

• The Business Development Programme

  Offers grant support and coaching and mentoring to existing SMEs in the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP area

• The Centre for Excellence for Leadership and Management Skills in Wales (LMW)

  Funding for businesses in Wales for leadership and management training

• The Community Generation Fund

  A national fund designed to promote the widespread development of community-owned renewable energy infrastructure projects

• The Hive

  Workspace with on-site business support.

• The Jobs Fund – Neighbourhood Renewal Area (NRA)

  Offers a business start grant of £1,000 for people living in a neighbourhood renewal area.

• The Jobs Fund – Selective Financial Assistance Measure (SFA)

  Provides an employment grant support to eligible businesses to create new, sustainable jobs.

• The Jobs Fund – not in employment, education or training (NEET)

  Offers a business start grant of £1,500 for young people not in employment, education or training (NEET).

• The MEDIA Programme

  MEDIA is the EU’s support programme for the film, television and new media industries

• The Marches and Worcestershire Redundant Buildings Grant (RBG)

  Financial help to bring unused buildings back into productive economic use or enhance their current business use

• The Miscellaneous Fund

  Small-scale support for specific writing projects

• The Prince’s Trust Enterprise programme

  Supports young people aged 18 to 30 who want to set up their own business but are unable to raise finance

• The South East Wales Community Economic Development (CED) Programme

  Regionally promotes the growth and development of social enterprises and supports community economic development across South East Wales

• The Wenta mentor scheme

  Up to 6 months’ free business support from an experienced business mentor

• Total Food Marketing – Wales

  Sales and marketing assistance for food production companies

• Touch Digital

  Supports West Midlands SMEs to integrate digital technologies into their business, helping them to become more creative, productive and competitive.

• Tourism Development Grant – Pendle

  Offers funding to help improve or create small-scale tourism facilities

• Tourism Investment Support Scheme

  Supporting the tourism sector in upgrading facilities and increasing capacity where there are gaps in the market.

• Tourism Investment Support Scheme – Upgrade Scheme

  Financial assistance for upgrading facilities of existing tourism businesses in Wales

• Tourism Ireland

  Providing tourist industry with access to promotional opportunities and marketing data

• Tourism grants (Eden)

  Small grants to help fund projects that will generate tourism and associated economic benefits

• Tourism small grant scheme – West Dunbartonshire

  Grants for projects bringing tourists to West Dunbartonshire.

• Town Centre Business Grant Programme – North Lanarkshire

  Independent retailers can get financial assistance and support for business development opportunities and staff training within North Lanarkshire’s town centres.

• Town Improvement Grant – Bridgend, Garw Valley, Maesteg and Porthcawl

  Grants to aid with the regeneration of the Bridgend area

• Town centre building improvement grant

  Financial support to help with the cost of external building improvements in Rhondda Cynon Taff

• Townscape Enhancement Programme – Ferndale

  Ferndale Town centre commercial property improvement scheme

• Townscape Heritage

  Grants to improve the historic built environment of conservation areas in need of investment across the UK.

• Townsend Business Centre

  Townsend Enterprise Park can allocate a specialist business mentor to advise, support and guide you through to process of starting a business and will continue to support you whilst you are in business.

• Trade Visits

  Advice and financial support to help Northern Ireland businesses take part in overseas trade missions and exhibitions.

• Tradelinks Programme – Northern Ireland

  Assisting micro businesses across Northern Ireland and the Border counties

• Trafford town centre loan scheme

  Interest free loan scheme for businesses looking to occupy vacant, ground-floor premises in Altrincham, Sale, Urmston or Stretford town centres

• Training and business support for SMEs

  A range of programmes providing business support and training for pre-start, start-up and existing businesses

• Training support grant

  Training support grant which is available to individuals, businesses or organisations within the rural areas of Caerphilly

• Transport iNet

  Funding and innovation support for transport and related sector SMEs in the East Midlands

• Travel Awards – Northern Ireland

  Funding to allow artists to travel outside of Northern Ireland

• Tredomen Business and Technology Centre – Wales

  Advice and consultancy to businesses located in Wales

• UCIT Loan Finance – Northern Ireland

  Providing loan finance and support to community enterprises in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties

• UK Export Finance: insurance and finance to support exporters

  Trade finance and insurance solutions to support UK exporters.

• UK Trade and Investment services for exporters

  Services offering expert trade advice and practical support to UK-based companies who want to grow their business overseas.

• Ulster Community Investment Trust

  Community enterprises in Northern Ireland may receive free advice, training and mentoring to help them move from grant dependency towards commercial sustainability

• Universal Jobmatch

  Department of Work and Pensions online job posting and matching service for employers

• Unlocking investment for growth

  £5m Regional Growth Fund to help local businesses grow and create new jobs in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire

• Urban Development Grant (UDG) – Belfast

  Grants for the development of vacant, derelict and underused land or buildings

• Velocity Business Development Grant

  Grant to support established businesses in the South East Midlands to improve sales, productivity, business processes and project planning.

• WRAP: environmental advice for UK businesses

  Confidential advice and support on environmental issues for all UK businesses

• WRDC Loan Fund – Wigtownshire

  Loans for business start-ups or business expansion in Wigtownshire

• Wales Craft Council

  Membership organisation that supports craft, gift and textiles businesses in and from Wales

• Wales Economic Growth Fund (phase 2)

  Funding to support capital projects

• Wales Innovation Award

  Innovation award for the Welsh public, private and voluntary sectors

• Wales Quality Award

  Business improvement tool

• Wales SME Fund

  £40m investment fund for small to medium-sized enterprises in Wales

• Wales SME Recycling Support

  Grant scheme to support recycling schemes by small and medium-sized firms in Wales

• Wales in Edinburgh 2014

  Support for Wales-based performing arts companies to produce and present their work at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe

• Wales one stop shop

  Network of 13 walk-in business advice centres across Wales.

• Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)

  Helping individuals, businesses and local authorities to reduce waste, recycle and use recycled content material

• Waterborne Freight Grant (WFG) – Scotland

  Grants for moving freight by water rather than road

• West Berkshire business support

  Business support for pre-start, existing and growing businesses in west Berkshire

• West Midlands Business Export

  Export advice, guidance and funding for eligible West Midlands SMEs to support Internationalisation plans.

• West Wales Exporters Association

  Help for businesses in West Wales looking to export overseas

• West of Scotland Loan Fund (WSLF)

  Loans for new and existing businesses in 12 west of Scotland local authorities.

• Women In Business Network

  Business network for women in business in Northern Ireland

• Women and Broadband Scheme

  Training and advice for women in Central Bedfordshire, Bedford and Milton Keynes who want to start or grow a business and improve their digital skills.

• Women in Rural Enterprise (WiRE)

  Support for women to establish and maintain their rural enterprise

• Women on the Move – Ballymena

  Women’s business networking in Northern Ireland

• Worcestershire Skills Support for Workforce Programme

  Free training for Worcestershire’s small to medium sized enterprises to up-skill their existing employees to improve their productivity.

• Worcestershire and Shropshire Business Loan Fund

  Loans between £5,000 and £50,000 to businesses looking to grow but can’t get all the finance they need from mainstream sources.

• Work Trials

  Helps employers and eligible job applicants make sure the applicant is the right person for the job.

• Work West

  Work West seeks to improve the economic and social profile of West Belfast by motivating and enabling enterprising people to establish and expand job creating businesses

• Workboost Wales

  Government funded service advising small businesses in Wales on workplace health and safety, management of sickness absence and return to work issues

• Working in social enterprise (WISE)

  Training and support for social enterprises and people thinking of starting a social enterprise.

• Workplace support and training (Bury)

  Provides workplace support and training for businesses employing people with disabilities

• Yorkshire Innovation Fund

  Funds university experts to work with Yorkshire and Humber SMEs on new product, service and process development.

• Young Entrants Support Scheme (YESS)

  Grants for young farmers setting-up as a head of holding for the first time

• Young Recruits Programme

  Funding to support businesses taking on new apprentices

• Youth Business Scotland

  Scheme to help younger entrepreneurs in the Outer Hebrides.

• e-Business Grant

  Grants to help businesses develop e-commerce

• e-business support

  E-business support to improve profitability for Welsh businesses by promoting better use of information and communications technology (ICT).

• iFactory

  A tailored business innovation support programme providing specialist innovation and technical mentoring to accelerate business growth, aimed at small businesses in Northern Ireland (NI)

• iNorthumberland Business Support

  Offers free expert advice and an online learning system with courses designed to help eligible businesses in the Northumberland area get the most out of Superfast Broadband.

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