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Berkshire Start-Up Programme

A programme of workshops and coaching for start-up businesses in Berkshire

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Startup School for Seniors

Startup School for Seniors empowers you to turn your life or work experience into a thriving business you love.

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Retail Start Up Grant

The Retail Start Up Grant is available to new retail, hospitality and leisure businesses across Durham county.

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Start-Up Launchpad

The Start-up Launchpad is designed to help you turn your idea into a thriving, sustainable business. The programme is designed to give you the tools, confidence, and support you need to succeed.

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Elmbridge Start Up Boost Fund

Could a grant for start-up costs help get your business started?

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King's Trust Start Up Grant

Up to £5,000 Start Up Grant from the King's Trust.

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Lewes District Start-up Programme

Free business start-up support service in the Lewes District, funded by Lewes District Council.

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Build Your Business Start Up Workshop

Programme for start-up businesses in Shropshire

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Bedford Borough Council Start-up Support Programme

Start-up advice for people in Bedford.

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Fly High Start-Up & Enterprise grant

Start-up grants to help new businesses located within Stoke-on-Trent to start up, flourish and grow.

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Start Up to Scale up

Start Up to Scale Up is a business support scheme targeted at established start ups with high growth potential

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Start Up Essentials - Telford

Workshops covering key business areas for newly trading business owners.

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Start Up Programme - Staffordshire

This programme helps businesses start and grow, focusing on brand development, business model design and developing your business brand.

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Start Up Croydon

A range of services for people starting up, including mentoring, free training, and subsidised workspace.

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The Shetland Business Start-Up Grant Scheme

The Shetland Business Start-Up Grant Scheme provides funding to newly established businesses in Shetland.

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Start Up Loans

Government-backed loans and mentoring for people starting a new business or within their first three years of trading.

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Start Up West Yorkshire

Support for young businesses across West Yorkshire

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StartUp Buckinghamshire

A free online hub for entrepreneurs in Buckinghamshire.

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New Business Start Up Grant - Orkney Islands Council

The aim of the Business Start up Grant is to increase the survival rates of new businesses.

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Warwickshire Business Start-Up Programme

A programme of one-to-one business coaching and workshops to new businesses and residents looking to start a business.

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Blaenau Gwent BG Effect Start-up Business Grant Fund

The BG Effect Business Grant Fund offers start-up financial support to businesses in the Blaenau Gwent area.

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Strive Live Start-Up Incubator

An incubator programme designed to support early stage businesses launch their business.

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Business start-up grant - Forest of Dean District Council

Funding to be used towards a variety of business start up activates including: research and development, installing clean technologies, premises, equipment and product/service launch.

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BAME Start Up Grant Devon

Grant funding for organisations led by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic founders in Devon.

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Gedling Borough Council Start Up Grant

Start up business grant up to £3,500

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Business Start Up Fund – North Lanarkshire Council

The Business Start Up Fund (BSUF) offers funding for essential business purchases such as IT equipment, infrastructure, website design and stock costs.

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CPCA Start-Up Support

Support for businesses starting up in the Greater Cambridgeshire and Greater Peterborough area.

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The Business Startup Accelerator Programme - Loughborough University

Loughborough University has partnered with Charnwood Borough Council to develop a new generation of businesses, rooted in Loughborough and more resilient to future challenges.

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Caerphilly Business Start-up Grant

This is a flexible grant scheme designed to help residents of Caerphilly County Borough set up a full-time business for the first time.

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Luton Business Start Up Support

A 12-month programme is open to anyone in Luton who wants to explore self-employment, start a business or take their next step after redundancy.

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Barnet Business Start-up Programme

A programme of guidance and support for people starting or growing a business in Barnet.

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Staffordshire Moorlands District Council - Start Up Programme Next Gen

Staffordshire County Council's fully-funded NextGen Start-Up Programme offers entrepreneurs business training, masterclasses, coaching, mentoring, networking, and digital marketing audits.

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Business Start-Up Fund - Bridgend County Borough Council

This grant scheme is delivered through a partnership with UK Steel Enterprise and Bridgend County Borough Council, providing financial assistance to new or existing micro-businesses.

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SWEF Enterprise & Business Start Up Fund

Up to £500 is available in grant funding to young people in County Durham and Tees Valley who are in the stages of setting up their business and need funds to take their business to the next level.

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New business start-up grant - Inverclyde Council

This discretionary fund can provide a grant to businesses that are starting to trade in the area.

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Local Authority Business Start Up and Development Service

A range of support, training, advice and workshops for people starting and running a small business.

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Get Started and Grow - Staffordshire County Council

Professional help for start-up and growing businesses in Staffordshire.

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Build Your Business

Programme for start-up businesses in Northamptonshire

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Co-Founders - Catalyst

Co-Founders is a one-of-a-kind entrepreneurship programme for anyone interested in early-stage startup.

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Springboard - Catalyst

A flexible, personalised mentoring programme for entrepreneurs ready to scale their start-up and raise investment.

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Breakthrough

A programme for start-up businesses in Cornwall & Isles of Scilly

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Vision Derbyshire Business Support Scheme

Business Start-Up and Business Support Grant Scheme available to those who live in Derbyshire.

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Frameworks - Catalyst

Business education workshops for startup entrepreneurs.

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Aston Reinvestment Trust (ART)

ART is a Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) that provides business loans of between £10,000 and £150,000 to start-ups, existing businesses and social enterprises in the West Midlands.

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NatWest Accelerator

The Entrepreneur Accelerator programme offers a range of support for start-up businesses.

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Business Lincolnshire - Starting in Business Programme

The Start Up Academy provides workshops for individuals considering setting up in business and advice & mentoring for early staged businesses by a professional Business Start Up Adviser.

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Business Incentive Grant

Potential finance for new business start ups in Test Valley.

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Inkwell

Inkwell creates content for companies that are targeting start-ups and small businesses.

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St Helens Business Support

Fully-funded Business Support for established businesses and start-ups in St Helens.

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NBV Enterprise Solutions

NBV Enterprise Solutions offers start-up workshops as well as one-to-one business advice.

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Armagh Business Centre

Armagh Business Centre is the local enterprise agency for business start-up advice and business development support in Armagh.

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Local Economic Development Company (LEDCOM)

LEDCOM focus on developing the local economy by nurturing start-ups and businesses in their journey to success and providing complete professional services for the community.

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Omagh Enterprise

Omagh Enterprise Company’s aim is to promote enterprise and support start-up, growth and social economy businesses in the area.

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Cookstown Enterprise Centre

Provides a suite of bespoke business start-up and development initiatives to its clients throughout the local region.

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Enterprising Barnsley

Is your business in need of support? Enterprising Barnsley supports local businesses and individuals that are looking to start up, expand, invest and relocate.

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The Hive

Offers free advice to businesses looking to start up, as well as offering coaching and mentoring to already established businesses.

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Surrey Libraries

Remote enquiry and information services, with access to start-up resources and reference tools in branch.

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Enterprise Works

Enterprise works has various offers to support business start-up and growth in York and North Yorkshire.

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Business Support Grants - Reigate and Banstead Borough

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council are offering Business support grants of up to £1,000 for local businesses to help them start up, develop and grow.

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Money laundering/business investment scam

These scams start with an email/phone call from fraudsters overseas who claim they are interested in “investing” in new start-up companies within the UK.

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Let’s Do Marketing

Let’s Do Marketing is the Marketing arm of Let’s Do Business Group and was created to be able to provide accessible and affordable marketing support for Start-Up and Small Businesses

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Start Your Own Business - Dumfries and Galloway

Mentoring and information resources for people starting up in Dumfries and Galloway.

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WSX Enterprise

Advice and expertise to help your business start up, grow and succeed.

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Free courses in England

Free training for business owners and those who are looking to start up.

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Grow in Gravesham Business Grant

A summary of what information, guidance, and support is offered to businesses by the local council.

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Renfrewshire Business Restart Loan

The Business Restart Loan offers interest free loans between £1,000 to £5,000.

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Dungannon Enterprise Centre

Located in South Tyrone in the heart of Northern Ireland, Dungannon Enterprise Centre’s primary aim is to simply help new businesses start up and to encourage existing businesses to expand.

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Hope Street Xchange

A dedicated centre for innovative and creative start-ups and established SMEs.

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Introductory webinar to setting up a CIC

The CIC regulator has released a webinar to support businesses looking to start up a CIC.

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Richmond Zenith Enterprise Programme

The new Zenith Enterprise Programme will look to assist entrepreneurs, startups, and high-growth businesses to achieve their ambitions.

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Business Launchpad - Wandsworth

Business Launchpad (BLP) supports young people living in London with barriers to enterprise to start and run their businesses.

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UnLtd - Millennium Awards Trust (Starting Up)

Funding and support on offer to social entrepreneurs looking to start a social enterprise.

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Physical Activity Grants - Parkinson's UK

Grants of up to £3,000 to support physical activity projects for people with Parkinson's all over the UK.

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Legal Foundations

Legal Foundations is a non-profit organisation dedicated to enhancing access to legal services for start-ups and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs).

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Co Operatives UK

Support for co‑ops to start up and thrive through access to expert advice, events and training.

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Ormeau Business Park

Ormeau Business Park assists entrepreneurs by providing an excellent framework with regard to infrastructure and services for quick and successful growth.

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Free Legal Support for Social Enterprises

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Investment Readiness - West Midlands

Guidance and mentoring to help West Midlands SMEs looking to raise investment for their business.

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Investment Readiness - Coventry

Guidance and mentoring to help Coventry SMEs looking to raise investment for their business.

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Proof of concept techstart Grant Fund NI

The Techstart Proof of Concept Grant Fund is a pre-commercial grant awarding fund.

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Equity crowdfunding

If you have a business already trading then equity crowdfunding could be for you, there any many portals available to use.

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Accredo Secured Finance

Accredo provides secured finance products through a UK-wide network of finance professionals and brokers.

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OPPORTUNI

Tender opportunities that are delivered directly to your inbox.

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Marketing Derby

Marketing Derby offers support to those businesses looking to relocate or start-up in the area.

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Invest in Bedford

Invest in Bedford offers support to those businesses that are looking to relocate or start up in the area.

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Castle Point Business Accelerator

Castlepoint Borough Council in partnership with Deyton Bell Ltd have developed this fully funded business support programme.

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WE Innovate

WE Innovate is a five-month programme running from January to June. The programme supports the development of teams through masterclasses, business coaching, 1-to-1 expert support, peer mentoring etc.

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Future Camden Fund

Loans and grants for businesses and social enterprises in Camden.

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Finpoint Business Finance Platform

If you are looking for finance you may be able to source funding through Finpoint Business Finance Platform.

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Transforming Towns Property Development Grant

Retrospective grants of up to £50,000 are available to help with external capital improvements to retail and commercial properties within Wrexham city centre.

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Accelerate Ashington

Accelerate Ashington, part of the wider Ashington High Street Innovation Programme, is a new service providing support to local businesses.

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Tees Valley Labs

Tees Valley Labs is designed to fast-track the success of Tees Valley-based entrepreneurs, start-ups and scale-ups through structured, founder-centric support.

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Amazon Regional Creatives Fund

The Regional Creatives Fund is offering grants of up to £30,000 to charities that help underserved communities pursue their creative ambitions.

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DBT - Export Support Team

Service for pre-start-up and trading UK businesses with questions about exporting to Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia plus trading with Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.

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Craigavon Industrial Development Organisation (CIDO)

CIDO is a local enterprise agency that provides start-up support, business mentoring, commercial premises, office space and conference facilities to local businesses and entrepreneurs.

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West Midlands SME Grant Programme

Grant funding for businesses in the West Midlands towards growth and innovation

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CICM - Chartered Institute of Credit Management

The Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) is the largest recognised professional body in the world for the credit management community.

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Canterbury Business Growth Programme

A range of support and advice for businesses in Canterbury looking to grow.

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Rural England Prosperity Fund - Somerset

Grant funding for rural businesses.

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Ortus – West Belfast Enterprise Board

Offers unique business support programmes and affordable, high-quality commercial property,

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