Open to businesses in West Yorkshire, including schemes for the wider region and the whole country.
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West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
Membership of West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, offering flexible membership options for businesses.
Cyber Resilience Centre for the North East
Police-led centre that helps small and medium-sized businesses, charities and public sector organisations in North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber improve their cyber security, with fully funded training and Cyber PATH services for subscribers.
Made Smarter
A fully funded eight-week course for managers who run digital projects in Yorkshire-based SMEs, covering leadership skills, Industry 4.0 technologies and a business implementation plan.
Made Smarter
A fully funded nine-week course for senior and emerging leaders in Yorkshire-based SMEs who want to drive digital change. Participants attend all sessions and complete a project to shape their firm's growth plan.
Made Smarter
Help for small and medium manufacturers in Yorkshire and the Humber to adopt digital technology: a free assessment and digital roadmap, intensive technical support from consultants with up to 50% match funding, and digital technology grants of up to £20,000 (50% match funded). Grants are paid after you spend.
RTC North
RTC North Ltd is a support provider that delivers publicly funded business support, expert advice and innovation programmes across the North of England, for start-ups, scale-ups, manufacturers and supply chains.
Made Smarter, Made Smarter Yorkshire
Fully funded cyber security training for manufacturers in Yorkshire and the Humber, delivered with Sheffield Hallam University across four levels from awareness to ISO 27001 certification.
Open to businesses across England or the UK, including West Yorkshire.
The SSE, School for Social Entrepreneurs, Social Enterprise UK
A free 12-month support programme for charities, social enterprises and community organisations preparing for social investment, with a choice of a Match Trading grant or a repayable grant.
iX programme, Innovation Exchange, Innovate UK Business Connect, Innovate UK
A competition for solution providers to capture and verify social value delivery across defence supply chains, with up to £60,000 grant for a 3 month project. Open to businesses including SMEs and start-ups.
Money and Pensions Service (MaPS)
Grants of £5,000 to £25,000 for engaged Money Guiders Partner organisations to run projects improving customer referrals and collaboration (Lot 1) or raising awareness of money guidance (Lot 2). Each organisation can make one application per Lot.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Innovate UK
A grant of £2,500 for farming, growing or forestry businesses in England to engage an external Project facilitator to support development of a full ADOPT grant application. Single applicants only.
Simply Business
A competition run by Simply Business to win £10,000 of funding, with one-to-one business coaching from Hatch Enterprise, for five business owners aged over 40.
EIT Culture & Creativity
Funding of up to €30,000 and a 9-month training programme for early-stage founders with pre-incorporation business concepts in Materials and Built Environment (fashion and architecture). Includes an in-person Startup Sprint and an online Spark Incubation Programme.
Innovate UK
UK registered research and technology organisations or academic institutions can apply for up to £4 million to establish a hub improving the targeting and commercial impact of grant-funded manufacturing digitalisation activity.
UnLtd
Grants and business support for social entrepreneurs starting or growing a social venture, with funding up to £18,000 depending on stage.
SeedLegals
A national pitching competition where founders submit a 90 second pitch video to join regional finals, with one winner per regional event going to the London Grand Final. Open to founders with a business idea and proof of traction.
Innovate UK
A Innovate UK competition to join a cohort of ambitious businesses that will develop solutions to decarbonise concrete and access funding and sector specific support for innovation and growth plans.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Funding to establish and lead an independent What Works Centre for a climate resilient UK, generating and synthesising evidence on the effectiveness of climate adaptation interventions. The project lead must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding, with at least one project co-lead from business, the third sector or government bodies.
EIT, EIT Higher Education Initiative
Funding for consortia led by higher education institutions to strengthen innovation and entrepreneurship capacity, focusing on manufacturing and deep tech. Projects run 18 months and must include at least two business or industry partners.
UK Space Agency, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
A UK-wide space education and engagement programme using space as a context to support young people aged 4–19 with STEM learning and space careers. The UK Space Agency is seeking a consortium to deliver it.
Innovate UK
A Knowledge Transfer Partnership project in which a business partner works with a knowledge base on a specific strategic innovation project, supported by an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Adviser. Grant contributions cover part of eligible project costs.
Innovate UK Business Growth
A security review of a business's protective security, carried out by an appointed Security Reviewer with an in-person site visit and written report. Run by Innovate UK Business Growth for eligible organisations.
Innovate UK
A part-funded security review that helps early-stage UK technology businesses identify and manage key security risks, including those linked to state threats. Participating businesses also receive a £300 Cyber Essentials voucher after the report is submitted.
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.