Access to Local Finance

Sources of local funding for businesses in the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

Find out where you can get financial support to help develop and grow your business.

 

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Invest to Grow: Funding for Business Growth

Grants and loans of between £15,000 and £250,000 to support private-sector businesses across the East Midlands to innovate, grow and create jobs....
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Bassetlaw District Council Grants

Support to invest in new high street premises...
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Made Smarter East Midlands

Advice, support and funding to help manufacturing businesses switch to advanced and automated technologies...
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Nottingham City Council Business Decarbonisation Grant

Funding to help business to reduce energy costs...
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Make and Trade Grant Fund

Make and Trade initiative aims to enable the development of new workspaces and studios in empty or under-used city centre......
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Amber Valley District Council Grants

Find out more about local funding sources and national schemes to support your business....
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First Enterprise Business Loans

Loans to support new and existing businesses secure services, purchase equipment or meet a shortfall in funding for specific new......
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Midlands Engine Investment Fund II

Loans, equity and debt finance...
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Bassetlaw Enterprise Grant

Grant funding for independent businesses in Worksop, Retford and Tuxford...
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SWEF Enterprise Fund

Grants available to young people in Nottingham City and county areas for new businesses up to two years trading...
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Social Enterprise Accelerator

Support to start and grow a social enterprise...
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Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chains

Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chains: Potential High Growth SMEs...
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Bolsover District Council Funding and Grants

Loans to SME’s in the Bolsover District Council area...
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Enterprising Ashfield

Start-up to Scale-up business support programme across the Kirby-in-Ashfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield areas...
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Bolsover Net Zero Innovation & Grant Programme

The Bolsover Net Zero Business Support Programme provides a package of free support for businesses in the Bolsover district to......
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EMIZ Innovation Accelerator

Funding for partnership initiatives in the Clean Energy Industries and Advanced Manufacturing Sectors ...
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Find a Grant

Find a grant is a service that allows you to search government grants....
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Case Studies

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Ian Daisley Photography

Ian Daisley Photography was established in 2008. The business is based in Via Gellia Mill, Bonsall where it has been based...

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News

Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chains: Potential High Growth SMEs

Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chains: Potential High Growth SMEs

UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £2m for pre-commercialisation...

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Grant funding available to help pubs add new services and activities

Grant funding available to help pubs add new services and activities

Pub is The Hub may be able to offer grants of up to £6,000 to publicans in rural, remote, or deprived...

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