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National schemes continued

Open to businesses across England or the UK, including Warrington.

Opening soonGrantUK-wide

QEST Emerging Maker Grant

QEST

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 KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Opening soonGrantUK-wide

QEST Scholarships

QEST

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 KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Visa Fees Reimbursement Scheme for Scale Ups

Department 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 KingdomLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
Opening soonGrantUK-wide

Collaborate

Advanced Propulsion Centre UK

Match-funded grants for consortium partners to support design, development and delivery of strategic zero-emission vehicle technologies.

Amount
£2,500,000 to £20,000,000
Deadline
Closes 7 April 2027
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Opening soonGrantUK-wide

DRIVE35 Funding Programme

Advanced 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 KingdomLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

UK Global Screen Fund: International Distribution (P&A Support)

British Film Institute (BFI)

Non-recoupable grants to help UK films reach international cinema audiences through support for prints and advertising costs.

Amount
Up to £100,000
Deadline
Closes 31 March 2028 at midnight
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

UK Global Screen Fund: International Co-production

British Film Institute (BFI)

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 KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Sovereign AI Visa Reimbursement Scheme

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Sovereign AI

Reimbursement of visa-related fees for international hires into UK-based R&D roles for AI companies supported by the Sovereign AI Fund.

Amount
£500 to £151,650
Deadline
Closes 31 March 2030 at 12 noon
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantEngland-wide

National Highways Lorry Parking Facilities Improvements Scheme

National Highways

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
EnglandLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programmeUK-wide

Go4Growth Programme

Go4Growth

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 KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearInvestment

Leeds Angels pitch to investors

Leeds Angels

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 LeedsLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearTool or resourceUK-wide

Business Builder

NatWest

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 KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearMembership or network

TCoE membership

TCoE

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 manufacturersLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearTax reliefUK-wide

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme

HM Revenue & Customs

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 KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearTax reliefUK-wide

Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)

HM Revenue & Customs

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 KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programmeUK-wide

Business Growth Service - National business support

Department 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 KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programmeUK-wide

HSBC Small Business Growth Programme

HSBC UK

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 KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programmeUK-wide

CPI

CPI, Centre for Process Innovation

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 KingdomLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programmeUK-wide

Entrepreneur Accelerator

NatWest

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 KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programmeUK-wide

Durham University Business and Partnerships

Durham University

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 KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearGrantEngland-wide

Energy Resilience Fund

Key Fund

Funding for community businesses to retrofit buildings with energy-saving measures, combining grants and loans from £10,000 to £150,000.

Amount
£10,000 to £150,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
EnglandLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearLoanUK-wide

Green Seed Fund

Cranfield University

Cranfield University provides capital and advice from the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurship to help entrepreneurs and start-ups scale their businesses.

Amount
£25,000 to £50,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearAcceleratorUK-wide

Launch Academy Accelerator Programme

ORE Catapult

An award-winning offshore wind technology accelerator programme for UK start-ups and SMEs, providing technical expertise, business growth support and access to industry sponsors over 12 months.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programmeUK-wide

Start a new co-op

Co-operatives UK

A step-by-step guide to starting a co-operative, with online registration and access to business support and free business banking.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10

Email me more like this

We will email you when new funding appears for a business in Warrington, wanting to grow and become more productive.

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We send nothing else, and every email has a link to stop. How we use your address

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