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Scale UK Connect

Scale UK Connect is a free support programme for high-growth businesses across the United Kingdom that want to expand internationally, with at least £2 million in turnover or investment and at least 10 employees.

Run by London & Partners · funded by Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Checked against the official page (forms.scaleukconnect.org) on 12 Nov 2026.

A free, government-backed pilot programme giving high-growth UK businesses tailored support, international market visits, peer learning and investor connections. Spaces are limited.

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Status and deadline

Status

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We could not tell whether it is open

Deadline

Not stated

How much

Free to join

Not confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

High-growth UK businesses at a specific stage of growth, operating in Industrial Strategy growth-driving sectors, with turnover and/or investment of at least £2 million, at least 10 employees including founders, and ambitions to scale or expand internationally. Must be registered and based in the UK.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Not stated

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How to apply

Complete the registration form to register your interest in the programme.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

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

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Things we could not confirm

  • Closing date not stated; the page gives no deadline
  • Opening date not stated
  • Selection is by assessment against criteria, so a place is not guaranteed
  • Businesses must be ambitious high-growth firms at a specific stage; the programme is aimed at the Industrial Strategy growth-driving sectors, which are not listed on this page
  • Data is collected by London & Partners as part of registration; its privacy notice applies

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (forms.scaleukconnect.org) on 12 Nov 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 12 Nov 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with London & Partners before you apply.

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