Funding

Finance and support for your business

Check out the below 500+ current funding, financing, grants and much more below. We will kept this page up-to-date with the latest changes to available schemes.

 

Available schemes = 526

• ApprenticeshipsNI

  Training programme for young people aged 16 and over

• 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

• 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.

• 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 Antrim and 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

• 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.

• 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 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

• BCRS Business Loans Ltd

  Loans to help small businesses develop and grow

• 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.

• 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

• British Library Business and Intellectual Property Centre

  Supports entrepreneurs and innovators to launch and grow a business

• Broadband Support Scheme

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

• 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

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

  Training and advice to encourage the establishment of co-operatives

• 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

  Financial support for small and medium-sized businesses in Yorkshire and the North East

• 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 Growth Calderdale

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

• Business Growth Grant Scheme (Mansfield)

  Grant of up to £5,000 for established businesses able to produce a viable growth plan leading to job creation

• 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 Fund – Gwynedd

  Loan fund to establish or develop a business in Gywnedd

• Business Mentoring – Scotland

  Mentoring support for businesses based in Scotland

• 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 Rates Incentive Scheme

  50% discount on business rates for retailers moving into a vacant unit in Middlesbrough city centre

• 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 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 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 advice, training and support services

  Get business information, advice, training and support for pre-start, new and existing micro, small and medium businesses based in North Somerset

• Business advisers and start-up services (Colchester)

  Business advisers, 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 loans: West Midlands

  Loans for new and existing small businesses.

• 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 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 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

• CSIT Labs

  Up to 6 months’ engineering support for your cyber security venture

• Caerphilly Bisnet Project

  Support to encourage the use of ICT by businesses in Caerphilly

• Cardiff connection voucher scheme

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

• Castlereagh Enterprises Limited

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

• Central Procurement Directorate

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

• 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

• City Business Library

  Access to business information to help with business start-up and growth – includes market research, finance information, company contacts and data and international trade statistics.

• 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

• Coaching for high growth

  Coaching and expert advice to help businesses with high growth potential get investment, increase sales and innovate

• 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

• Connected

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

• 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 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 England business loan fund

  Interest-free loans of £50,000 to £200,000 for creative digital small or medium-sized enterprises registered in England, outside of Greater London

• 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

• Cyber security guidance and support for businesses

  Guidance for small businesses on how to put simple cyber security measures in place to protect themselves.

• DARD Research Challenge Fund

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

• Denbighshire Business Advice

  Training and advice on a range of issues for local businesses

• Derby Enterprise Growth Fund

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

• 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 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.

• 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

• Empty Shop Refit Scheme

  Grants to help retail businesses with refit costs if they move into empty units in Middlesbrough town centre

• Enabling Bursaries for Disabled Writers

  Specialist equipment bursaries to assist disabled writers

• 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 Network (Wales)

  Expert advice for businesses looking to commercialise new ideas and succeed in international markets

• Enterprise Europe Network – East of England

  Expert advice for businesses looking to commercialise new ideas and succeed in international markets

• Enterprise Europe Network – London

  Expert advice for businesses in the Greater London area looking to commercialise new ideas and succeed in international markets

• Enterprise Europe Network – Midlands

  Expert advice for Midlands businesses looking to commercialise new ideas and succeed in international markets

• Enterprise Europe Network – North

  Expert advice for businesses in the north of England looking to commercialise new ideas and succeed in international markets

• Enterprise Europe Network – Northern Ireland

  Expert advice for businesses in Northern Ireland looking to commercialise new ideas and succeed in international markets

• Enterprise Europe Network – South East

  Expert advice for businesses in the south east of England looking to commercialise new ideas and succeed in international markets

• Enterprise Europe Network – South West

  Expert advice for businesses in the south west of England looking to commercialise new ideas and succeed in international markets

• 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 (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

• Exeter business support

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

• Export Skills and Knowledge Workshops – Northern Ireland

  Exporting skills for businesses based in Northern Ireland

• Fair business loans

  Small unsecured loans to SMEs that have been trading for 24 months or longer, with a minimum annual turnover of £50,000

• 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.

• Fit For Nuclear

  Business support and advice on bidding for work in the nuclear industry for manufacturing companies with a turnover of at least £1.6 million.

• 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

• 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.

• GLE oneLondon Start-Up Loans Scheme

  GLE Start-Up Loans

• 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

• Get up to speed

  Free events and workshops to help businesses and communities with digital skills and make the most of superfast broadband

• GetSet for Growth

  Tailored support to help businesses get finance and find customers

• 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 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 Research and Development – Northern Ireland

  Advice and support to help businesses become more innovative

• 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

• 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.

• Grow on Growth Fund

  The Grow on Growth Fund gives grants to new and expanding businesses to help meet the cost of moving from ‘business incubation units’ to larger premises.

• Growing a Business – Newport and Gwent

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

• 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

• Heritage Enterprise (HE)

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

• 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

• Horizon 2020

  Funding for research or innovation that’s ground breaking, improves European research standards or responds to challenges like climate change or food security.

• 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.

• Innovate2Succeed

  Support for SMEs to use innovation to grow their business

• Innovation Advisors

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

• 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 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.

• 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 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.

• Key Fund

  Grants and loans for social enterprises in the north of England and the Midlands

• 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

• Lancashire Business Growth Fund (LBGF)

  Capital grants and international trade expertise for businesses that have additional investment, will have significant job creation and a major impact on the Lancashire economy

• 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

• Let’s Grow (North and East Yorkshire)

  Business grant scheme for capital investment and research and development projects in North and East Yorkshire

• 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.

• 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

• London Small Business Centre

  Business loans to new and existing businesses in London

• 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.

• 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

• Mansfield Business Start-Up Grant Scheme

  A grant of up to £1,000 for those looking to start a business within Mansfield district

• 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

• Merseyside 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.

• Merton Business Support Service

  Advice, training and coaching for small business owners at any part of the journey

• 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 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 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

• 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 Finance

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

• 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

• Pembrokeshire County Council Food Initiative

  Support for small agri-food based businesses

• Pembrokeshire Lottery

  Loans to help businesses with job creation projects

• 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.

• Rail Supply Growth Fund

  Finance for the rail sector or for businesses that promote crossover products and services

• ReAct for Employers – Wales

  Financial support to help businesses recruit unemployed workers

• 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

• 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 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

• SSI Capital Grant Scheme

  Support for supply chain companies affected by the closure of the SSI steelworks, and for Tees Valley companies looking to modernise and grow their businesses

• SSI Supply Chain Support Scheme

  Support for supply chain companies affected by the closure of SSI Steelworks in Redcar

• SSI Task Force Apprenticeship Fund

  Funding and support for employers to take on apprentices who were previously employed by SSI steelworks in Redcar

• SSI Task Force Jobs and Skills Fund

  Support for employers to create new jobs for people affected by the closure of the SSI steelworks in Redcar

• SSI Tees Valley Small Grant Scheme

  Small grants for companies to pay for external advice and professional services following the closure of SSI Steelworks

• Safefood – food safety programmes

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

• Scottish Co-Investment Fund

  A matching service for businesses seeking funding.

• 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

• 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.

• Small Business Assistance Grant – Inverclyde

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

• Small Business Loan Scheme – Inverclyde

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

• 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

• 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 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

• 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.

• Specialist Provision for Industry using College Expertise (SPICE)

  Gateway to business support offered by Northern Ireland’s regional colleges

• 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

• 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 and grow

  Support and fundraising help for anyone thinking of starting a business

• Start up Loans Fund

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

• 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 Calderdale

  Business start-up support in Calderdale

• 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

• Support for Tamworth

  Free service to support growth of new and existing commercial businesses and not-for-profit organisations

• 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.

• 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 Catalyst Fund

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

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

  Funding for businesses in Wales for leadership and management training

• The Hive

  Workspace with on-site business support.

• The MEDIA Programme

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

• 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

• 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.

• Universal Jobmatch

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

• Urban Development Grant (UDG) – Belfast

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

• 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 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 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 on the Move – Ballymena

  Women’s business networking in Northern Ireland

• 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.

• Workplace support and training (Bury)

  Provides workplace support and training for businesses employing people with disabilities

• 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)