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Support and Funding for Innovation

Innovation is the successful development and introduction of new ideas.

Investing in innovation, research and development is important for economic growth.

Businesses that do, often emerge stronger and more competitive than they were before. If a company creates something unique it has intellectual property (IP) that it can protect and exploit.

Listed below are sources of support and funding to enable you to innovate.

Click one of the initiatives below to explore in more depth.

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Enterprising Ashfield

Start-up to Scale-up business support programme across the Kirby-in-Ashfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield areas...

Made Smarter East Midlands

Advice, support and funding to help manufacturing businesses switch to advanced and automated technologies...

Invest in Chesterfield

Chesterfield has developed significantly over the past ten years – thanks to a proactive council, plenty of business support, and access......

Invest in Women Hub

Invest in Women Hub (IIWH) is a one-stop-shop to provide useful guidance and information to help women achieve their business......

Innovate UK Business Growth

Innovate UK is the UK's innovation agency, with resources and bespoke support for innovative SMEs from any sector who......

Talent and Innovation

Access to technically focussed support and consultancy for Nottingham City businesses...

Invest in Nottingham

Innovative, forward-thinking, fast-growing....

Invest in Derbyshire

Located at the very heart of the UK, Derbyshire has one of the strongest economic performances in the country....

Invest in Derby

In choosing to invest in the Derby area, businesses and investors recognise the area’s unique strengths and the opportunities......

Invest in Ashfield

Businesses come to Ashfield because we have access to a skilled workforce of 78,000 people and a further 1 million plus people......

Commercial Property in Chesterfield

Centrally located in the UK, Chesterfield is fantastically connected and has an abundance of new business premises and room to......

Business & IP Centre

Funded support to pre starts, start and micro businesses....

Midlands Green Innovation Network

Support for small businesses to maximise their potential for innovation...

Food Innovation Centre

Food Innovation Centre supports innovation and product development to local businesses...

Chesterfield Innovation Support Programme

Chesterfield Innovation Support Programme (Chesterfield Borough Council) is a project that increases the level of support available to businesses in......