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SME Technology Adoption Accelerator

SME Technology Adoption Accelerator is a grant for organisations that already support small businesses with digital adoption, such as not-for-profit, public and private sector bodies and consortia, based in the United Kingdom. Open, closes 11 December 2026.

Run by Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Checked against the official page (find-government-grants.service.gov.uk) on 3 Nov 2026.

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science & Trade (BIST) is seeking one delivery partner, or one consortium with a single accountable lead, to run a one-year pilot of digital adoption support for UK SMEs with 50 or fewer employees in Retail, Hospitality and Leisure.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closes 11 December 2026 at midnight

As stated: Closing date: 11 December 2026, 11:59pm (Midnight)

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Not stated

Whole fund: £999,000, shared between applicants

You put in: Grant funding is expected to be supplemented by in-kind contributions from industry partners, such as venue space, mentoring hours, content and marketing activity.

This may be the whole fund rather than what one business can get

Who can apply

Organisations that already operate in the SME digital adoption or SME business support space, with an existing record of support activity, expertise and delivery infrastructure, including not-for-profit, public and private sector organisations, and consortia.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Not stated

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How to apply

Follow the Application link to the Grants Hub Portal and sign up to complete your application.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Not 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.

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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 (find-government-grants.service.gov.uk) on 3 Nov 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 3 Nov 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade before you apply.

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