DDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology, UK Space Agency
A UK Space Agency grant call for end-user businesses to lead consortium pilot projects using space-enabled data to address environmental intelligence or emissions monitoring challenges. Part of the Unlocking Space for Business programme.
Amount
£2,000,000 grant funding available (total funding envelope); no per-project amount stated in this part
Deadline
Closes 11 December 2026 at 4pm
Area
United KingdomRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Grant funding for coach operators to purchase transferable audio-visual equipment for rail replacement services to comply with accessible information regulations.
Amount
up to £2 million; reimbursing up to 75% of the cost of purchasing transferable audio-visual equipment
Deadline
Closes 18 December 2026 at 12 noon
Area
England, Scotland, WalesRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
EIT Health funds up to 50% of the total project budget, up to €850,000 per project, for digital and AI-powered medical technologies ready for real-world clinical validation and approaching market launch. Consortia of at least two organisations from different countries are required, led by a commercialising company.
Amount
Up to €850,000 per project; EIT Health will fund up to 50% of the total project budget
Deadline
Closes 13 January 2027
Area
United KingdomRating 8/10Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Grants of £3,000 to £10,000 for early-stage craftspeople (typically practicing 4 years or less) to develop core skills and techniques through essential training.
Amount
£3,000 to £10,000
Deadline
Closes 17 February 2027
Area
United KingdomRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Grants of £3,000 to £18,000 for mid-career to established craftspeople to refine their craft, deepen specialism or innovate, plus a place on the Cockpit PDP.
Amount
£3,000 to £18,000
Deadline
Closes 17 February 2027
Area
United KingdomRating 8/10Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10
DDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
The UK Government has launched the Visa Fees Reimbursement Scheme for Scale Ups (VFRS4SU), a targeted grant scheme to help UK scale ups in Clean Energy, Life Sciences, and Digital and Technologies hire internationally by reimbursing eligible visa application fees for specialist hires and their de...
Amount
£5,000 to £25,000
Deadline
Closes 1 March 2027 at midnight
Area
United KingdomRating 10/10Local Landscape rating 10 out of 10
AAdvanced Propulsion Centre UK, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
A zero-emission automotive funding programme with grants across innovation, scale-up and transformation, delivered by the Department for Business, Science, Innovation and Trade with the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK and Innovate UK. Aimed at automotive businesses and projects, from start-up to large-scale transformation.
Amount
Unprecedented £4 billion of grant funding available to 2035 for automotive R&D, scale-up and transformation
Deadline
Closes 7 April 2027
Area
United KingdomRating 7/10Local Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Non-recoupable grants of up to £300,000 for independent UK producers to work as minority or majority partners on international co-productions in film, animation and documentary.
Amount
Up to £300,000
Deadline
Closes 31 March 2029 at midnight
Area
United KingdomRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Grant of up to 50% of capital costs (up to £20 million total) for lorry parking facility operators to improve HGV driver facilities, welfare, security and parking capacity on or near England's strategic road network.
Amount
up to 50% of the capital cost of an improvement project
Deadline
Closes 31 March 2031 at midnight
Area
EnglandRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
A free, fully-funded programme providing tailored training, digital content, templates, events and 1:1 mentoring to help micro businesses, small businesses and VCSEs win public sector work and become Public Sector Supply Ready.
Amount
FREE to use
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Startups that are raising can pitch in person to the Leeds Angels group of investors, which meets quarterly in Leeds and hears three startups at each meeting.
Amount
£10,000 to £500,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Startups from anywhere can pitch, UK preferred; pitches are made in person in LeedsRating 8/10Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10
A free set of advice, articles, lessons, toolkits, smart tools and training for business owners, from idea stage to growth. Users can go at their own pace.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomRating 8/10Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Membership of the TCoE, a not for profit, industry owned training company for textile manufacturers and associate companies with an interest in the sector, giving discounted services, grant support, and access to the manufacturing supply chain.
Amount
Full or Associate Membership. Fees are based on company size: £8 per full time employee per annum plus a £200 registration fee. Example: 10 staff would pay £280 per year, invoiced as four quarterly payments of £70 plus VAT. Associate Membership does not allow voting at the AGM.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Open to all textile manufacturersRating 8/10Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10
A tax relief scheme for early-stage companies raising money by issuing new shares; individual investors who buy the shares get the tax relief. Companies can receive up to £250,000 through the scheme.
Amount
Up to £250,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomRating 8/10Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10
A tax relief that companies apply to use to raise money from investors, who receive the relief. The company issues shares, completes a compliance statement (EIS1) and sends it to HMRC; if HMRC agrees it issues a compliance certificate (EIS3) for investors.
Amount
Most companies can raise up to £10 million in total in any 12 month period from EIS, VCTs, SEIS, SITR and state aid, and up to £24 million in the company's lifetime. Specified companies: up to £5 million in 12 months and £12 million in lifetime.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomRating 8/10Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10
DDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
The UK government's Business Growth Service gives free, impartial advice, expert-led training through the Business Academy, and personalised guides to one-to-one support, opportunities and funding, through Business.gov.uk and a network of partner organisations.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
A free programme of training, events, insights and AI support designed to help small businesses grow and build resilience. It is open to all and run by HSBC UK.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomRating 8/10Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Access to CPI's multidisciplinary experts, specialist innovation facilities for R&D, process development and scale-up work, with customised flexible project options, to help defer capital and workforce investment until a product or process is proven at scale.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomRating 7/10Local Landscape rating 7 out of 10
A free accelerator programme from NatWest with one-to-one coaching, peer networks, expert support and co-working space access, for businesses with ambitions to expand. Open to all business owners, not only NatWest customers.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomRating 8/10Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Business support from Durham University including Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, enterprise zone accommodation at NETPark, and access to academic expertise and graduate recruitment.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomRating 8/10Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10