This week we are exploring a range of government grants and local authority funding opportunities with a focus on the newest Innovate UK schemes, small business grants, recovery funding in local areas for businesses affected by Storm Babet and the latest Rural Prosperity Grants in England. Section 1: Innovate UK Schemes – Igniting Innovation in … Read more
The recent news in the Autumn Budget Statement regarding the full expensing of capital allowances on plant and machinery was easy to miss if you weren’t paying close attention. It is a welcome piece of news and provides certainty for businesses looking to invest long term. In a move intended to boost investment and growth, … Read more
This week, we’re covering the latest business grants to be showcased in the areas of energy efficiency, growth for SMEs and new Government grants under the UK Shared Prosperity and Rural Prosperity Funding pots. 1: Energy Efficiency Grants – Powering Your Business with Sustainable Savings Embrace energy efficiency and reduce your environmental impact with the … Read more
With economic indicators highlighting a flat economy through 2023 and growth forecasts for 2024 looking gloomy, it would be understandable if business owners played it safe. However, there are opportunities out there and ambitious entrepreneurs will still be looking to maximise their potential whilst competitors stand still. Also, there is no shortage of new ideas, … Read more
This week there are a number of exciting UK small business grants options, highlighting new schemes from the European Institute of Technology (EIT), Innovate UK, International Collaboration Funding, and Tech Funding, empowering you to unlock the finance you need to propel your business to new heights. 1) European Funding – Unleashing the Power of Innovation … Read more
This week 14 November 2023, the spotlight is on a number of newly added small business grants for the UK, covering the SBRI programme’s focus on cutting-edge technologies, the Innovate UK Launchpad Clusters, the latest smart innovation grants and the UK Space Agency’s support for aerospace endeavours in the UK and Europe. 1) SBRI – … Read more
One of the primary hurdles for innovation grant consultants is finding suitable prospects for new innovation grants, a challenge frequently discussed in our client meetings. To tackle this issue, we are working on a solution to construct a business profile of successful Innovate UK grant winners based on the characteristics of past similar grant recipients. … Read more
There has been a focus on transport, rural, local improvements and environment tech grants for the week 30th October to 3rd November 2023 The UK government launched a new round of the Freight Innovation Fund 2024 to support freight coming at British Ports and the Department for Transport released the HGV Parking and Driver Welfare … Read more
It’s very important for your business to keep innovating to beat the competition, especially in marketing your services in the highly competitive grants industry. When other firms make new product and service breakthroughs it’s equally important that you can take advantage of them. In our case, we’ve added new white labelling features to our custom … Read more
In the third and final part of this 3-part blog we look at grant funding amounts, Innovate UK sectors and the types of businesses for projects started in 2021. How much funding are businesses getting? Projects that received funding of between £100,000 to £250,000 were the most common at 31.2% of the total in 2021. … Read more
