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Made Smarter Adoption Programme

The Made Smarter Adoption Programme is support, with up to £20,000 for each business, for small and medium-sized manufacturing and engineering firms in North West England. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by The Growth Company · funded by Made Smarter

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Support for small and medium-sized manufacturing and engineering businesses in the North West to adopt industrial digital technologies, including expert guidance, match funding, digital interns and leadership training.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

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Deadline

Open all year

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How much

Up to £20,000

You put in: up to 50% match funding

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Who can apply

SME manufacturing or engineering companies with 249 employees or less, a turnover of less than £36 million, or a balance sheet less than £18 million, with a significant portion of operations based in England.

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Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff)

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Sectors

manufacturing, engineering

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How to apply

Register at the website madesmarter.uk

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Where it is open: the North West

North West England

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Shaded: 35 council areas in North West England.

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Things we could not confirm

  • Deadline and whether it is currently open are not stated
  • How to apply is not stated; the page links only to the Made Smarter website for more information
  • Delivered by The Growth Company; its own rules may apply
  • Grant is for equipment and/or software; the page does not give the grant application process

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Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (madesmarter.uk) on 10 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 9 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 9 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with The Growth Company before you apply.

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