Funding

There is funding available across the UK and companies like yours aren’t tapping into it. You could receive up to half of your training or coaching funded by local governments and growth hubs for FREE.

Below, we have collated a few of the partners that are currently supplying grant funding.

If your area isn’t mentioned below – there is a chance that there is funding in your area. Get in touch and we can check availability, it really is that simple.

List accurate March 2019, subject to eligibility, circumstances, and availability.

Bristol & West of England:

Scale up coaching grants are available to SMEs based in the West of England who are looking to grow or plan to create new jobs within 12 months. Grant payments of £1,000 are available to businesses investing a minimum of £2,500 (excluding VAT) in business coaching or training.

Buckinghamshire:

£1,000 Growth Grants are available to assist your business to invest in projects that will help your business grow. 

Whether you are considering investing in a project to increase sales, productivity and profitability or improve business processes, this grant can potentially fund up to a third of the total cost of projects worth £3,000 or more (excl. VAT).

Oxfordshire:

The Elevate Grant is available to start-up and growing businesses based in Oxfordshire. The grants are to fund activities and projects which will ultimately lead to business growth and job creation in Oxfordshire.

• Grant will be 33% of the total eligible project costs, remainder match funded by business/start-up
• Minimum grant value for Growth businesses is £1,000, the maximum is £8,000
• Minimum grant value for Start-up businesses is £1,000, the maximum is £3,000

Mansfield:

The Business Growth grant is available to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), who have been located in the district of Ashfield or the district of Mansfield for at least six months, that either:

• Have a ‘Strategic Business Growth Plan’ in place and require additional funding to take it forward
• Are at the planning stage of considering developments to grow the business

To qualify for a grant, your business will need to:

• spend a minimum of £5,000
• be based in the Mansfield district are

Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire:

Grant for Enterprise supports the growth or development of existing micro, small and medium-sized businesses based in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Greater Lincolnshire.

If you can say YES to these you may qualify:

• Currently trading
• You sell business to business NOT Business to Customer/Retail
• Your business is based in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire or Nottinghamshire
• You’re a Small to Medium Enterprise (SME)

Grants of between £1000 and £2500 are available. This is for a maximum of 25% of eligible costs. Thus, in order to access the business grant, the minimum project spend is £4000.